Clergy in Washington will remain mandatory reporters under stipulations filed today by the state Attorney General’s Office and the plaintiffs in lawsuits against the state over Senate Bill 5375. Under the stipulations, however, the state and county prosecutors have agreed—as the court ordered—not to enforce reporting requirements for information clergy learn solely through confession or its equivalent in other faiths. The stipulation now awaits approval by the court.
A King County judge has ordered two people and their companies to pay more than $7 million after finding them liable for operating a statewide, multi-year scheme to gain control of deceased strangers’ estates and divert money away from their rightful heirs.
Attorney General Nick Brown today led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and governors in an amicus brief supporting Oregon’s court challenge to the Trump administration’s latest attempts to illegally use the military for civil law enforcement.
In a move to make all levels of government more transparent, Attorney General Nick Brown has proposed changes to the model rules that guide governments’ responses to Public Records Act requests.
“Concerns about transparency and integrity in government are at an all-time high, and officials have an obligation to uphold the spirit of the Public Records Act,” Attorney General Nick Brown said. “We welcome the public’s input into these model rules aimed at helping agencies across the state increase transparency and responsiveness to requests.”
MUNICIPALITIES—STATUTORY AUTHORITY—HOUSING FUNDS—TAXATION—BONDS—Authority of Municipalities to Use Lodging Tax Revenues to Repay Revenue Bonds Issued to Finance Affordable Workforce Housing Within One-Half Mile of a Transit Station
RCW 67.28.160 authorizes a municipality to use lodging tax revenues to repay bonds issued to finance affordable workforce housing within one-half mile of a transit station.
Washington and 19 other states are suing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to block new restrictions on federal funding that supports survivors of domestic violence and other violent crimes, jeopardizing potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars that were previously authorized for legal assistance services in Washington.
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