SEATTLE – A new state government program is helping resolve disputes between manufactured homeowners and landlords and ensuring the state’s nearly 1,400 park owners continue to comply with state laws.

Attorney General Rob McKenna and Sen. Jim Kastama will explain why this new program is important during a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Seattle.

Rep. Dawn Morrell and Sen. Kastama will then join staff from the Attorney General’s Office during an evening public forum in Puyallup to kick off the statewide “Don’t Move It; Solve It” tour.

SEATTLE – The Washington Attorney General’s Office is accusing a Scottsdale, Ariz., man of coercing consumers to buy software to block computer pop-ups by first bombarding them with ads for pornography and Viagra. In a civil lawsuit filed today in King County Superior Court in Seattle, the state alleges that consumers who downloaded the software were further victimized when the program caused their computers to stealthily blast messages to other PCs at a rate of one every two seconds.

By Attorney General Rob McKenna
Special for Sunshine Week

As both Attorney General and a former King County Council member, I have always believed in the core principle of transparency in government as a means of building trust and demonstrating accountability.

In fact, “T” for transparency is the first of the six core values of the Attorney General’s Office: 

OLYMPIA...Government Technology, a media company providing information technology case studies, news and best practices by and for international, state, city and county government, has named Attorney General Rob McKenna and the AGO Information Services Director Andy Hill to its seventh annual Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers list.

By Attorney General Rob McKenna
Special to The (Vancouver) Columbian for Sunshine Week

Tuesday’s Columbian brought news that the City of Ridgefield would be facing a lawsuit for alleged violations of the Open Public Meetings act.   The city is one of five targeted for such suits this week, in honor of National Sunshine Week.

By Attorney General Rob McKenna
Special to the Yakima Herald-Republic for National Sunshine Week

A recent National Sunshine Week poll indicates that more than 90 percent of respondents feel open government is important both at the state and local levels.

By Attorney General Rob McKenna
Special to The Tri-City Herald in honor of National Sunshine Week

In a recent poll conducted for National Sunshine Week, March 16-22, more than 90 percent of respondents said open government is important both at the state and local levels.

OLYMPIA—As a member of the Washington Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking-- or RUaD-- Attorney General Rob McKenna will join local leaders in Wenatchee tonight for a special town hall meeting on underage drinking.

WHO:
• Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna
• TOGETHER for Drug Free Youth
• Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant Coordinator Glenna Younkin

WHEN & WHERE:
6 to 8:30 p.m. on March 20, 2008
Wenatchee Community Center 

SEATTLE-- Attorney General Rob McKenna will hold a media availability this morning at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the US Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision upholding the constitutionality of Washington’s Top Two Primary. Secretary of State Sam Reed, who is travelling in Yakima, will join by phone.

When:
10:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18