Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that a $7.4 billion multistate settlement reached with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, has become legally effective.

The settlement will deliver $105.6 million split between Washington state and 125 cities and counties, with most coming over the next three years. The state will receive 50% and the local governments will receive shares of the rest, based on previously agreed percentages.

Attorney General Nick Brown released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court gutting the 1965 Voting Rights Act in today’s Louisiana v. Callais decision.

“Passed after generations of delay, denial, and indignity, the 1965 Voting Rights Act was justice for oppressed and brutalized Americans who kept faith in their country’s promise. Today, the Supreme Court has disregarded that sacrifice, dismissed the truth, and revoked the law’s promise to future generations.

Today, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) will hold its Worker Memorial Day ceremony honoring 115 people who lost their lives on the job or from work-related injuries and illnesses.

The observance will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Tumwater and will also be streamed live. 

Health inspectors attempting to investigate thousands of complaints have been turned away 10 times 

The corporate owner of Safeway, Albertsons, and Haggen grocery stores has overcharged Washington consumers in more than 3 million transactions over a five-year period through deceptive “buy one get one free” deals, Attorney General Nick Brown argues in a new consumer protection lawsuit filed today.

Boise-based Albertsons Companies, one of the largest grocery store chains in the country, owns and operates all Safeway, Albertsons, and Haggen grocery stores in Washington, totaling 225 retail grocery stores across the state.