Other LanguagesA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from illegally cutting some congressionally approved funding for K-12 mental health programs after a coalition of 16 state attorneys general, led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, filed suit in June.
A Snohomish County Superior Court sentenced Micah Snyder to 160 months in prison last week after he pled guilty to stealing more than $750,000 in high-end sneakers and jewelry in multiple burglaries throughout King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted the case of organized retail theft.
Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown has joined a supplemental amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear en banc a case involving the president’s unprecedented use of federal authority to seize control of state National Guard troops over a governor’s objection.
Dozens of Washington consumers will receive refunds, with the average totaling about $2,500, from an online clothing retailer as part of a settlement resolving claims the company deceptively steered shoppers into recurring monthly payments that were difficult to cancel.
Washington won an order in federal court today blocking the Trump administration’s termination of more than $9 million in funding that would help the state build resilience to the growing hazards posed by climate change.
The U.S. Supreme Court should deny the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower court order blocking an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago, Attorney General Nick Brown says in an amicus brief he co-led with 24 attorneys general and governors in support of Illinois and the City of Chicago’s lawsuit.
Washington and Massachusetts are leading a multistate coalition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to confirm states’ longstanding authority to request information from individuals and corporations as part of state investigations into potential violations of state laws, including, for example, consumer protection laws.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit supporting Planned Parenthood in its challenge to the Trump administration’s unlawful efforts to defund the nonprofit’s health centers.
It’s just glass, but its production changes everything for nuclear waste cleanup in Washington state.
In a win protecting the data of Washington residents, a federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.