Ferguson, Brown seek injunction against GEO Group to allow inspections at Tacoma ICE facility
TACOMA — Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown announced Tuesday they are asking a federal court to order The GEO Group to allow Washington Department of Health inspectors into the Northwest ICE Processing Center, the private immigration detention facility the company operates in Tacoma. The presser took place in front of the Northwest […]
AG Brown sues Albertsons, Safeway, and Haggen for deceptive ‘buy one get one free’ deals
OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown filed a consumer protection lawsuit on April 27 alleging that Albertsons Companies, the corporate owner of Safeway, Albertsons, and Haggen grocery stores, systematically overcharged Washington consumers in more than 3 million transactions over a five-year period through misleading “buy one get one free” (BOGO) promotions. “We’re not going […]
AG Brown sues to block Trump’s executive order on citizen verification and mail ballot tracking
OLYMPIA—AG Brown sues to block President Trump’s executive order on citizenship verification and mail ballot tracking. Attorney General Nick Brown today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general and one governor in challenging the President Donald J Trump’s executive order establishing guardrails on voter eligibility and mail-in voting. The coalition asks the court to prevent […]
‘Bloody Sunday’ 61 years later: AG Brown honors the sacrifices that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
SELMA, Ala.— Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown joined civil rights leaders and elected officials in Selma, Alabama, this weekend to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, participating in a panel discussion on voting rights and marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor the sacrifices that led to the Voting Rights Act of […]
SNAP vendor agrees to not disclose SNAP recipient data to USDA after AG Brown lawsuit
SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has secured an agreement with a state vendor, Fidelity Information Services, to protect the private, personal data of more than 1 million Washington residents who receive federal food assistance benefits. Its lawsuit against the company has been dismissed. “When someone in Washington signs up for help putting food on the […]
Ferguson and Brown slam administrative warrants, vow to partner with anti-ICE groups
OLYMPIA— In a joint press conference on January 26, Governor Bob Ferguson (D) and Attorney General Nick Brown (D) announced pre-emptive steps to hold “ICE agents accountable” in Washington state and to “protect Washingtonians” from Civil Rights violations. Ferguson and Brown also announced a letter they penned to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem urging her to […]
AG Brown during his first year, secures $15 billion from federal cuts
OLYMPIA—In his first year as Washington Attorney General, Nick Brown filed 52 lawsuits in 52 weeks against the Trump Administration and positioned the office as a defender of state interests against federal overreach and the “elements of fascism,” he said opening his press conference on Tuesday, January 20, recapping an annual report published on January […]
AG Brown warned with up to one year in federal prison by DOJ if his office impedes citizen journalists
SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown’s statement on reports of Somali-run home-based daycare providers being harassed alleging that “showing up on someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t an investigation” is being met with stern criticism by U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Harmeet K. Dhillon. Brown’s statement was posted on X approximately […]
WAGOP Chair accuse AG Brown and Sen Wellman of shielding fraudsters in childcare scandal
BELLEVUE—Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh criticized Democratic officials for their responses to an expanding federal investigation into alleged childcare fraud, accusing them of siding with potential wrongdoers over taxpayers amid claims the schemes have spread from Minnesota to states including Washington. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a nationwide probe into […]
Brown co-leads lawsuit against HHS over gender-affirming restrictions for minors
SEATTLE—Attorney General Nick Brown is co-leading a federal lawsuit with Oregon and New York of 20 states and the District of Columbia challenging a declaration by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. that deems certain gender-affirming care for minors unsafe and ineffective, threatening to bar providers from participating […]
