Other LanguagesAttorney
General Bob Ferguson today announced the hiring of Alison Dempsey-Hall as
Deputy Communications Director.
A group of young women from Wenatchee shared their efforts to
prevent bullying in their schools and community and won the Grand Prize
at the 2013 Spring Youth Forum-- a $3,000 partial scholarship to an
upcoming prevention leadership conference in Washington, DC.
The Attorney General’s Office and the Better Business Bureau are warning Washington residents to read the fine print before responding to letters from businesses offering to sell them copies of records easily accessible from local government offices for a much lower price.
Governor Jay Inslee today signed Attorney General-request
legislation making courthouses safer for the people of Washington. He
also signed measures supported by the Attorney General expanding the use
of treatment courts and creating a statewide coordinating committee to
fight child sex trafficking
TUMWATER — A 39 year old Tacoma woman faces charges on five counts of
theft for fraudulently collecting more than $50,000 in workers’
compensation benefits from the Washington State Department of Labor
& Industries (L&I).
CAMP MURRAY, WASHINGTON – The Washington Employer Support of the
Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee,
announced that Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson signed a
Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve today at Camp Murray.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he has selected Senior Counsel Pam Anderson as the new Torts Division Chief.
The Washington State Law Enforcement Medal of Honor/Peace Officers
Memorial Ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. today in Olympia. The ceremony
will be webcast via TVW as well.
Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney
General Bob Ferguson will award law enforcement officers with Washington
state’s highest law enforcement award: The Medal of Honor. The medal is
given to officers who made the ultimate sacrifice or who have displayed
exceptionally meritorious conduct.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today Washington has joined a
national settlement against the drug manufacturer Amgen, Inc., resolving
allegations that Amgen violated certain state false claims acts by
reporting inflated pricing data for its prescription drugs Aranesp,
Enbrel, Epogen, Neulasta, Neupogen, and Sensipar.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s High-Tech Unit has secured a $97,000 settlement with ZookaWare, an Arizona-based software company, and its owner for engaging in unfair and deceptive practices against consumers over the last several years.