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AG Ferguson announces victory for Hanford workers: Judges uphold Washington laws giving Hanford workers easier access to health benefits

Unanimous decision denies the Trump Administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling in Washington’s favor

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that a panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously ruled that Washington has a right to create laws giving workers at Hanford Nuclear Reservation easier access to the benefits they deserve if they become ill because of their work at Hanford.

AG Ferguson files federal lawsuits against three agencies for failing to produce records related to National Archives in Seattle

Ferguson’s document requests under the Freedom of Information Act were made more than 6 months ago

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuits today against three agencies involved in the January decision to close the Federal Archives & Records Center in Seattle, sell the building and move the records stored there to facilities more than 1,000 miles away.

Gov. Inslee, AG Ferguson announce update on challenges to Governor’s emergency powers

Courts have unanimously upheld Governor’s authority

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson provided an update today regarding the legal challenges to the governor’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders.

The Attorney General’s Office has successfully defended all 17 legal challenges. State and federal courts across Washington have rejected the plaintiff’s requests for emergency relief in many of the cases, and the plaintiffs in several other cases have given up and abandoned their claims.

AG Ferguson: Alleged mail-in voting fraud the president is peddling doesn’t exist

Experience with vote-by-mail in Washington state runs contrary to administration’s claims

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson responded today to statements last week from the president and members of his administration that call into question the integrity of vote-by-mail elections. Claiming in a Thursday tweet that a vote-by-mail election would be “the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” the president also added “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”