Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

OLYMPIA—Two bills requested by Attorney General Rob McKenna are scheduled for public hearings this week.
OLYMPIA -- A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of the DSHS Special Commitment Center treatment program for sexually violent predators.
OLYMPIA—Assistant Attorneys General Brooke Burbank and Kristie Barham with the AG’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit won a civil commitment case that prevents the unconditional release of a dangerous sexually violent predator into the community.
SEATTLE – The Public Counsel Section of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office today filed an appeal challenging the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission’s approval of Avista’s last electric and gas rate general rate increases that took effect on Jan. 1.
SEATTLE – Unemployed workers in Washington and the rest of the country are targets for crooks posing as headhunters, the Attorney General’s Office warned today. Scams include bogus job offers and realistic-looking e-mail messages that contain links to computer viruses or phishing sites.
OLYMPIA—Four bills requested by Attorney General Rob McKenna are scheduled for public hearings this week.
SEATTLE – The Attorney General’s Office today issued a warning about schemes targeting Washington residents whose homes were damaged by recent floods.
OLYMPIA—Attorney General Rob McKenna today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court for reinstating the murder convictions of an accomplice in a gang-related drive-by shooting at Seattle’s Ballard High School.
Two bills requested by Attorney General Rob McKenna that would protect Washington consumers are scheduled for public hearings this week.
Spokane--The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has charged a Spokane County woman with overbilling the Medicaid program that provides health care services funding for low-income citizens.

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