Attorney General Ferguson proposes increase in smoking age from 18 to 21
New bill would make Washington nation’s first state to raise legal age for tobacco, vapor products to 21
New bill would make Washington nation’s first state to raise legal age for tobacco, vapor products to 21
Defendant previously convicted in derelict vessel sinking that closed Penn Cove mussel farm
SEATTLE — A former Renton man accused by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson of abandoning roughly 40 barrels of hazardous waste pleaded guilty as charged today in King County Superior Court.
PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County jury today convicted a Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmate of assaulting a corrections officer with a shank, in a case prosecuted by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office.
Carlos Avalos was convicted in Superior Court of second-degree assault for repeatedly stabbing the guard with a 4- to 5-inch metal shank. He now faces a standard sentencing range of four years, five months to five years, 10 months.
Vows to fight on, leading states in support of Administration’s appeal
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s agency-request bill to raise the state’s legal smoking age to 21 passed a key legislative hurdle today. The House Health Care & Wellness Committee approved the bill in a bipartisan 12 to 3 vote.
This release is compliments of the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries
TUMWATER — A Spanaway woman has been charged with stealing more than $56,000 in injured worker benefits while operating a barbecue eatery.
Susan Kathleen Ruiz claimed she was too disabled from an on-the-job injury to work, yet managed Roadside BBQ in the Parkland-Spanaway area of Pierce County for more than a year and a half, according to court documents filed by the Washington Attorney General.
After 20 years and many reports and studies, federal government still not adequately protecting Hanford workers
Stormans case to be argued in federal Ninth Circuit court Thursday
PORTLAND, Ore. — This week, the Attorney General’s Office will defend rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions for time-sensitive medications.
On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. in Portland, Ore., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in the case of Stormans v. Wiesman, in which a pharmacy owner and two pharmacists challenge Washington rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions.
Sex offender stashed rape kit near Gonzaga University, wrote about plans to rape and dismember adult store clerk
SPOKANE — A Spokane County jury has decided that repeat sex offender Shawn Botner is a dangerous predator and must be confined in the State’s Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island.
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that he is appointing Gretchen Leanderson to Pierce County Superior Court. Leanderson has served in the Washington State Office of the Attorney General since 1988 where she is currently the Division Chief of the AG’s Tacoma Division.