Other LanguagesSEATTLE--The Attorney General’s Office, represented by Assistant Attorney General Melanie Tratnik, today filed charges in King County Superior Court against King County Assessor Russell Scott Noble. Noble has been charged with two counts of vehicular assault, one for each victim in a drunk driving accident on Jan. 18. Arraignment is set for March 19th, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. in room E-1201 at the King County Courthouse. Links to the charging documents are provided for your convenience.
Washington, D.C.—A depressed job market, the growing number of Americans without health insurance, ballooning college costs, the increased availability of gambling, and the growing use of credit for routine purchases are helping push credit card balances to the breaking point. The result, according to a panel of experts who met Tuesday at the nation’s capital, could result in the next major banking crisis.
SEATTLE – The Public Counsel Section of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office wants conditions placed on the proposed merger of CenturyTel and Embarq to protect customers served by the phone companies.
SEATTLE – Washington consumers filed 25,197 written complaints with the Attorney General’s Office in 2008 – the greatest number since 2002. Gripes about health care businesses and commercial banks moved into the top 10 and telecommunications maintained its stronghold as the industry to generate the most criticism.
OLYMPIA—Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that most of his legislative priorities have survived the first deadline of the 2009 Legislative Session. Feb. 25 was the last day for bills to move out of policy committees.
SEATTLE – Enviga was the first drink to boast not zero, but negative calories. But as for the buzz that drinking the carbonated, green tea blend will result in weight loss, attorneys general say the evidence is nada.
SEATTLE – Calling all current and former AT&T Mobility customers: If you have a wireless phone, you may have paid $2.99 per month without your knowledge for a program called Roadside Assistance. The Washington Attorney General’s Office says that if you didn’t use the service and didn’t authorize the addition of the service to your wireless account, you may qualify for a refund under a new settlement filed today in Thurston County Superior Court.
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that the state of Washington received $11 million in tobacco settlement funds previously withheld by tobacco companies. R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, Kingmaker and other tobacco companies agreed to transfer the money pending the resolution of an ongoing payment dispute with the states.
OLYMPIA – You’ve never met a backseat driver quite like the ones portrayed by comedians Rachel Harris, Fred Willard and Rob Riggle as part of a new media campaign aimed at reducing youth reckless driving.
OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and Attorney General Rob McKenna issued the following statement today on the decision by Oregon to join Washington in litigation to compel the U.S. Department of Energy to complete the cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation: