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AG’s office opposes Bonneville Power Administration plan to raise electric rates for private utility customers

The Attorney General’s Office filed an amicus brief Friday opposing the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) planned changes to the formula used to calculate the funds allocated through the ...
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Puget Sound Physicians to refund WA patients via $410K settlement

More than 1,300 Washington patients will receive compensation through a $410,000 settlement with Puget Sound Physicians after the Attorney General’s Office found the emergency medicine provider ...
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Appellate ruling allows WA environmental lawsuit to proceed against mining companies

Washington can proceed in its legal fight to hold two gold mining companies accountable for violating the Clean Water Act and discharging illegal levels of pollutants into groundwater and creeks in ...
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Washington, FTC settlement lowers pesticide prices for farmers

The Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of states – including Washington – have secured a proposed settlement with pesticide manufacturing giant Corteva Inc. that will lead to lower pesticide ...
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Washington successfully defends private information of voters as federal government loses another case

The ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington dismisses the federal government’s case, which sought to compel the Office of the Secretary of State to break state law and ...
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AG’s office establishes permanent Sexual Assault Investigations Support Team as federal grant ends

The state’s nearly decade-long initiative to improve the handling of sexual assault investigations entered a new era this week. What began with federal funding in 2017 as the Sexual Assault Kit ...
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WA consumers urged to claim compensation for inflated generic drug prices

Attorney General Nick Brown is urging Washington consumers and businesses to check their eligibility for compensation under a recent settlement for certain generic drug purchases and to submit a claim ...
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Washington, multistate coalition victory protects social services for low-income families

Washington and a multistate coalition have won a permanent court order stopping the federal administration’s unlawful attempt to gut essential health, education, and social service programs for ...
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Too much of a good thing: Julia Roberts’ airbrushed face banned in the UK

Does an airbrushed actress constitute illegal advertising? A UK watchdog agency thinks so. Two magazine ads for cosmetics giant L'Oreal -- one for Lancome’s Teint Miracle foundation featuring Julia ...
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Washington's Attorneys General - Past and Present

James B. Metcalf (AG from 1887-1889). A Mississippi native and Confederate veteran of the Civil War, Metcalf worked his way west after the war while studying law at night. In 1870 he was admitted to ...
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Brief History of the Office of the Attorney General

The Attorney General’s Office is conducting oral history interviews with current and former AGO staff to preserve our office’s long history. Click here to view our YouTube playlist containing every ...