“Today, the court set a date for argument on our motion asking for enhanced safety and vapor monitoring measures at Hanford, and ordered preliminary measures to keep workers safe as we work toward a longer-term solution.
 

First-of-its-kind suit alleges nearly 2 million Consumer Protection Act violations; seeks refunds for more than 400,000 Washingtonians

OLYMPIA — In today’s closing arguments for the environmental review of a proposed crude oil terminal in Vancouver, Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Counsel for the Environment will announce its opposition to the project.

The Tesoro Savage Vancouver Energy Distribution Terminal is currently under review by the state’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), which is tasked under state law with recommending to the Governor either that he approve or reject the project.

Snohomish County dealer exploited Spanish-speaking customers

EVERETT — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Snohomish County used car dealer Zein Automobiles Inc., which operates Best Bet Auto Sales and Independence Auto Center, will pay $250,000 over its pattern of discriminating against Spanish-language speakers at its dealerships.

Un concesionario de Snohomish County se aprovechó de clientes hispanohablantes

EVERETT. El Procurador General Bob Ferguson anunció hoy que Zein Automobiles Inc., concesionario de autos usados del condado de Snohomish que opera Best Bet Auto Sales e Independence Auto Center, pagará $250,000 por su repetida discriminación hacia los hispanohablantes que han acudido a sus concesionarios.

CHEHALIS — The Attorney General’s Office filed a petition in Lewis County Superior Court seeking to civilly commit a violent sex offender and prevent his release into the community. 

UPDATE: Thurston County filing

Despite court ruling, Eyman still withholding documents, impeding investigation

12 states and District of Columbia opposing Texas lawsuit against federal guidelines on transgender rights

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson will lead a group of states urging a U.S. District Court not to block the federal government’s ability to protect the civil rights of transgender people in a brief to be filed today.

Snohomish County jury denies conditional release to Louis W. Brock 

EVERETT — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit successfully blocked the release of a convicted sex offender after a Snohomish County jury decided he should not be conditionally released into the community.

Tugboat sank in Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor Marina in 2013

PORT ORCHARD — The former owner of a vessel that sank in Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor in 2013 pleaded guilty today to charges of allowing the vessel to become derelict and polluting state waters.

Anthony Smith’s tugboat, the Chickamauga, sank in Eagle Harbor in October of 2013, releasing between 200 and 300 gallons of diesel fuel into the water. At the time of the vessel’s sinking, Smith had allegedly not paid moorage fees in more than six months.