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Bob Ferguson

AG Ferguson to telecom companies: Protect consumers struggling financially during the pandemic

Ferguson worked with a bipartisan group of AGs to call on the FCC to support their effort

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson and a bipartisan group of 27 attorneys general are calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to join them in urging the telecommunications industry to expand commitments to protect consumers who are struggling financially as a result of COVID-19.

AG Ferguson rolls out environmental justice initiative in honor of Earth Day

Ferguson establishes Environmental Protection Division in his office

OLYMPIA — In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Attorney General Bob Ferguson today launched a new environmental justice initiative. As part of the initiative, Ferguson announced that he will partner with Gonzaga University to hold an environmental justice symposium next year. Ferguson’s goal is strengthen environmental policies and enforcement with meaningful involvement from the people affected most by environmental issues like climate change and pollution.

AG Ferguson enforces emergency eviction proclamation, sues Nevada-based property management corporation for issuing notices to ‘pay or vacate’

TACOMA — Today Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against JRK Residential Group Inc. for violating Governor Inslee’s Emergency “Evictions” Proclamation. Inslee’s “Evictions” Proclamation establishes a temporary moratorium on evictions for the inability to pay rent. The Proclamation specifically prohibits landlords from issuing Notices to Pay or Vacate during the proclamation’s effective period.

AG Ferguson to gyms and fitness centers: Allow members to cancel memberships or face legal consequences

Open letter responds to Washington consumer complaints during Stay Home, Stay Healthy order

OLYMPIA — In response to dozens of consumer complaints, Attorney General Bob Ferguson today sent an open letter to Washington fitness centers and gyms providing the following guidance:

State Supreme Court reinstates $18M penalty against Grocery Manufacturer’s Association in AG’s campaign finance case

GMA intentionally shielded its members as the true source of campaign contributions  

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association intentionally violated Washington’s campaign finance laws, and reinstated the historic $18 million penalty in Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s campaign finance lawsuit against the trade organization.

AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Greyhound for failure to protect customers from CBP’s warrantless and suspicionless immigration sweeps on buses

Bus line regularly allowed CBP to perform warrantless sweeps since at least 2013

SPOKANE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit in Spokane County Superior Court against Greyhound Lines Inc. The lawsuit seeks to hold Greyhound accountable for the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agents to board its buses and conduct warrantless and suspicionless immigration sweeps of Greyhound passengers at the Spokane Intermodal Center, and repeatedly refusing to implement reforms to protect passengers.