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Bob Ferguson

AG Ferguson: Rocketmiles must pay Washingtonians $300,000 over hidden fees

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that, as a result of his office’s multiyear investigation into online travel agency Rocketmiles, Washington consumers can now file claims to receive their share of a $300,000 recovery. From May 1, 2015 to December 5, 2016, the company charged hidden fees on thousands of transactions in Washington, even though they told consumers they charged the same rate as booking directly with a hotel or a competing travel agency.

AG Ferguson to President Trump: I will challenge an unlawful attempt to delay the election

President Trump tweeted that he is considering delaying the November election

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued a response to President Trump’s statement that he is considering delaying the November election. On Thursday morning, President Trump tweeted: “With Universal Mail-In Voting (Not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”

AG Ferguson to Trump Administration: Coronavirus data must be reported to CDC

Coalition of attorneys general call for immediate withdrawal of directive that strips CDC of control over coronavirus data

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today partnered with a coalition of state attorneys general urging the Trump Administration to immediately withdraw its new reporting structure that prohibits hospitals from reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The directive creates a system controlled solely by the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services.

AG Ferguson: Charter to pay $255,000 to thousands of Washingtonians over hidden fee

Telecommunications company didn’t disclose fee during online sales

OLYMPIA — In the latest action of his office’s Honest Fees Initiative, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Connecticut-based telecommunications and mass media company Charter Communications will pay more than $255,000 to Washingtonians after failing to disclose its “Broadcast TV Surcharge” to customers who ordered the company’s services online.

Washington leads lawsuit against EPA for gutting Clean Water Act regulations

New Trump EPA rule undermines Washington’s ability to regulate water pollution

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a federal lawsuit today against the Trump Administration for attempting to dismantle key environmental protections within the Clean Water Act. The new regulation undermines Washington’s right to keep its rivers, lakes and coastal waters clean by handcuffing the state’s ability to police a wide range of water pollution and related environmental damage.

AG Ferguson vows to fight Trump Administration’s continued rollbacks of nation’s environmental protections

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued the following statement after President Trump announced sweeping and unjustified revisions to longstanding environmental review processes under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA — a move that undermines public health and the environment and conflicts with federal law. President Nixon signed NEPA into law in 1970 after it passed Congress with bipartisan support.

President Trump announced the rollbacks today at a UPS facility in Atlanta.