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AG Ferguson: Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kid’s jewelry from marketplace nationwide

AG investigation found some school supplies with more than 80 times legal limit of lead

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that Amazon will commit to nationwide corporate reforms after his office’s investigation found dozens of children’s school supplies sold on its online marketplace had illegal levels of toxic metals lead and cadmium.

Attorney General Ferguson issues statement after Trump Administration shelves offshore drilling plan

Federal government had planned to open Washington’s coast to oil & gas drilling

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement today after the Trump Administration announced that it is putting on indefinite hold its plan to open more than 90 percent of all federal waters to offshore drilling, including off the coast of Washington state.

Ferguson had threatened to sue if the Administration moved forward with the proposal.

Federal judge blocks Trump Admin family planning “gag rule” nationwide

Preliminary injunction blocks the rule before its May 3 effective date

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement today after a federal judge granted a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration’s Title X family planning “gag rule.” The rule, which was scheduled to go into effect on May 3, impacts Title X, the federal funding program for reproductive healthcare and family planning services.

Free legal help available to Spokane military service members and veterans Saturday

Attorney General Ferguson organizing free legal clinic, space still available

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office will offer a free legal clinic on Saturday for Spokane-area military service members and veterans in need of help with completing a will or reinstating their driver’s license.

Attorney General Ferguson’s bill to ban 3D-printed “ghost guns” passes Legislature

Bipartisan approval sends the bill to the Governor

OLYMPIA — The Washington Legislature today passed Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s agency request bill prohibiting the manufacture or possession of untraceable, undetectable 3D-printed guns. The bill also prohibits sending a printable gun file to a person who is ineligible to possess firearms. The bill designates undetectable firearms as contraband.

On eve of Earth Day, another federal judge rules the Trump Administration illegally rolled back critical environmental protections

AG Ferguson’s 20th legal victory against Trump Administration

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following statement today after a federal judge in Montana ruled that the Trump Administration illegally revoked an Obama-era moratorium on new coal leases on federal lands, and must comply with a federal law requiring environmental analysis before leasing coal-mining rights on public lands: