SEATTLE — The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted a temporary restraining order that immediately restores $11 billion in critical public health funding to state and local public health agencies across the country, including Washington state.

SEATTLE — The Washington state Attorney General’s Office filed suit in King County Superior Court today against software company RealPage and nine local landlords, alleging that RealPage and its software are central to a conspiracy and unfair competition by certain landlords that resulted in rapidly rising rent prices for their tenants.

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 24 states in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly and illegally terminating $11 billion in critical public health grants to the states.

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown led a coalition of 19 attorneys general opposing the Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ)’s interim final rule that repeals its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA, written by former Washington Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson, established the nation’s bedrock environmental law requiring the federal government to study environmental impacts before taking significant actions.

OLYMPIA — Following 23andMe’s recent bankruptcy filing, the Attorney General’s Office reminds Washingtonians of their right to genetic data privacy and ability to request data deletion. 23andMe is a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that collects and analyzes individual’s sensitive and unique genetic information.