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Attorney General Ferguson statement on US Supreme Court’s Idaho abortion decision

State-level protections in place to ensure emergency access to abortions in Washington

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to send the challenge to Idaho’s near-total abortion ban back to lower courts, temporarily allowing emergency abortions to resume:

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AG Ferguson will pilot hate crimes hotline in Clark, King and Spokane counties

Pilot will be operational by July of next year, statewide hotline by January 2027

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today the three counties where his office will test a pilot version of its hate crimes hotline. Ferguson will develop and launch the pilot in Clark, King and Spokane counties over the next year.

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AG Ferguson: Albertsons lifts illegal restrictions that created food desert in Bellingham neighborhood

Land use restrictions unlawfully barred competitors from occupying its former location since 2018

BELLINGHAM — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that, as a result of his investigation, Albertsons has removed illegal land use restrictions that created a food desert by barring a grocery store from going into its former location in Bellingham’s Birchwood neighborhood since 2018.

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AG Ferguson announces Artificial Intelligence Task Force members

UPDATE: This release has been updated to add the appointment of Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn.

Task force will meet multiple times per year, submit recommendations in 2026

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State Supreme Court: State Attorney General can challenge local government discrimination

Sunnyside police unlawfully evicted at least 43 mostly Latinx tenants

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Supreme Court ruled today that Attorney General Bob Ferguson has broad authority to pursue legal action to protect the civil and constitutional rights of Washingtonians.

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Johnson & Johnson pays $123.34 million to state, local governments following AG Ferguson opioid lawsuit

Funds split equally between Legislature, county and city governments

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that the state, city and county governments in Washington state received a $123.34 million lump sum payment from opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. The funds are the latest payments from Ferguson’s litigation against companies that fueled the opioid crisis, and must be split evenly between state and local governments. Ferguson directed the funds must be used to combat the opioid epidemic.