SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson, together with Lambda Legal and OutServe-SDLN, won a major court victory against the Trump Administration’s discriminatory ban against transgender individuals openly serving in the U.S. military. The federal judge’s ruling keeps in place the injunction blocking President Trump’s transgender military service ban.
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offered the following statement on the news of President Donald Trump's statement on marijuana legalization:
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson and a multistate coalition asked a federal court to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit in order to defend the Affordable Care Act (ACA). More than 800,000 Washingtonians depend on the ACA for their health care.
States led by Texas and Wisconsin filed the most recent challenge to the ACA in February. Those states argue that, because Congress eliminated the tax penalty used as enforcement of the individual mandate in December 2017, the entire ACA is no longer constitutional.
King County judge rejects Purdue Pharma’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over the state’s devastating opioid epidemic will continue, a King County judge ruled today, rejecting Purdue’s request to dismiss the case.
La guía describe los ajustes necesarios para las empleadas embarazadas
OLYMPIA — El Procurador General Bob Ferguson publicó hoy una guía para empleadas y empleadores sobre derechos civiles específicos que tienen las empleadas embarazadas bajo la ley estatal de Washington.
Guide outlines required accommodations for pregnant employees
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today released a guide for employees and employers on specific civil rights that pregnant employees have under Washington state law.
Ferguson delivers on promise to sue Trump Administration over oil and gas facility emissions
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a lawsuit against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt for violating the Clean Air Act by refusing to rein in emissions from existing oil and gas facilities.
U.S. District Court Judge cites President’s “overt expressions of prejudice”
OLYMPIA — A federal judge rejected the federal government’s motion to dismiss Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, citing President Trump’s “overt expressions of prejudice.”
Thousands of patients surprised with out-of-network charges will receive $385,101 in restitution
Census has not asked about citizenship status since 1950
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he will join a multistate coalition to sue the Trump Administration over its decision to include a question about citizenship status in the 2020 U.S. Census.
Ferguson released the following statement:
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