Attorney General Nick Brown

Workers are facing rising prices. The WA AGO created the Worker Rights Unit to support workers and enforce labor protections. Today we resolved our first case with a group of childcare centers that allegedly required their workers to seek permission before working outside jobs.

State law protects workers’ right to seek employment outside of working hours if they are paid less than twice the minimum wage. As a result of this settlement, workers will receive $250,000 and the company will change its policies.

As part of our office’s ongoing transparency work, partnership with local law enforcement agencies, and commitment to community engagement, we held a forum Thursday evening in Everett to discuss our state’s progress in compiling and sharing data on police use of force.

Thanks also to Nickeia Hunter, Washington Coalition for Police Accountability, and David Makin, a criminal justice researcher at Washington State University and program director for the Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety (WADEPS), for the thought-provoking conversation.

As part of our office’s ongoing transparency work, partnership with local law enforcement agencies, and commitment to community engagement, we held a forum Thursday evening in Everett to discuss our state’s progress in compiling and sharing data on police use of force.

The Department of Justice is suing California based on unproven allegations of voter fraud as part of the administration’s broader efforts to sow doubt in the legitimacy of the midterm elections.

“This is more than a frivolous lawsuit against one state – it is part of the President’s inquisition against American democracy,” Brown said.

The Department of Justice is suing California based on unproven allegations of voter fraud as part of the administration’s broader efforts to sow doubt in the legitimacy of the midterm elections.

AG Nick Brown encourages Washingtonians to safely dispose of unneeded medications this Saturday, Oct. 24, for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

Federal law carefully limits the circumstances under which federal agents can conduct warrantless immigration arrests. But this administration has routinely flouted the law in pursuit of radical immigration policies.

In April 2025, FEMA abruptly canceled the Building Resilient Communities and Infrastructure (BRIC) program. That news was a blow to the city of Hoquiam, which had been counting on a $35 million grant to build levees and fortify its downtown against devastating floods.

Our office led a successful multistate lawsuit to restore the funding, and Hoquiam is now moving ahead with the project after signing a grant agreement for the federal funding. www.thedailyworld.com/2026/10/19/w...

Two of the largest playground equipment makers want to merge. We oppose anti-competitive mergers that raise prices on Washingtonians and violate the law – and in this case could also lower the quality of the playground equipment.

We’re intervening in a case to protect Medicaid coverage that the federal government tried to strip away. Our intervention means we’re able to preserve Medicaid coverage for all eligible Washingtonians and that the federal government fulfills its financial responsibility to the state.

Washington and a bipartisan group of states have filed a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character.AI raising serious concerns about harms to children who engage with the company’s AI chatbots.

“Character.AI’s chatbots have lured youth into manipulative online relationships that have encouraged them to plan violent attacks, abuse drugs, and hurt themselves,” AG Nick Brown said.

Washington and a bipartisan group of states have filed a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character.AI raising serious concerns about harms to children who engage with the company’s AI chatbots.

Schools and libraries can’t serve today’s public without reliable internet. The FCC must maintain the E-Rate program, which provides over $3 billion a year to discount the cost of internet for schools and libraries, including more than $40 million for Washington this year.

We honor the rich heritage and enduring wisdom of Indigenous communities across Washington state who have stewarded these lands and waters since time immemorial. 1/2