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Nick Brown

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has proposed revisions to draft model rules designed to help state and local governments fully comply with the Public Records Act.
Washington and a multistate coalition have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a new rule that unlawfully limits access to federal student loans for students pursuing professional degree programs, including many in healthcare and other critical workforce fields. 
A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Police investigation, prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), into the illegal sale of a figurine carved out of elephant ivory has resulted in a guilty plea, fine, and wildlife penalty for a Thurston County business. 
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today sued Providence Health & Services in King County Superior Court, alleging that Providence repeatedly failed to provide reasonable accommodations required under state law to pregnant and nursing employees.
Attorney General Nick Brown and counterparts from other states today underscored the critical antitrust enforcement work state attorneys general have been doing as the federal government has pulled back on corporate oversight. 
Attorney General Nick Brown today secured an order invalidating President Trump’s latest efforts to impose illegal tariffs on products purchased by American consumers and businesses. 
Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition have successfully resolved a lawsuit stopping the Trump administration from unlawfully taking homeland security funding away from states that would not comply with the administration’s political agenda.
Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication.
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.
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.

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