Attorney General Nick Brown

AG Nick Brown is co-leading a multistate coalition urging Congress to ensure appropriate environmental and public health protections are included in the permitting reform bill currently under consideration.

“Federal lawmakers are rushing through this process, jeopardizing key environmental safeguards and putting Washington’s rivers, lakes, and coastline at risk,” Brown said. “We urge Congress to slow down this process to allow for more input from states, including Washington, and avoid weakening long-standing federal protections like the Clean Water Act.”

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 aims to streamline the process for approving energy projects. However, in a letter to congressional leaders, Brown and the coalition argue the bill in its current form contains problematic provisions that invite abuse by polluting industries and impinge on state and tribal sovereignty.

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We’ve filed suit against Washington’s two biggest dialysis providers alleging anticompetitive practices that undermine worker rights and limit treatment options for thousands of Washingtonians suffering from kidney failure.

The companies require their part-time medical directors to sign noncompete provisions that violate state law and block competitors from opening new treatment centers, according to our complaint filed in Thurston County.

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This year, businesses, government agencies, and other institutions reported 197 data breaches to the state and sent more than 3.5 million notices to Washington residents. Our annual Data Breach Report analyzes these results and recommends updates to the state’s data breach notification laws. As threats to data security evolve, Washington’s approach to protecting this data must evolve as well. atg.wa.gov/news/news-rele…

We and a multistate coalition of states secured a victory that blocks the federal government from withholding congressionally authorized grants for law enforcement from Washington, including grants that fund ongoing criminal justice and public safety operations, such as crisis intervention programs, support for survivors of domestic violence, and efforts to reduce youth recidivism. The federal government’s attempt to play politics with public safety was dangerous and illegal, and this win will make our communities safer. atg.wa.gov/news/news-rele…

The federal administration’s plans to implement changes to Medicaid potentially jeopardize health coverage for tens of thousands of Washingtonians.

Our office has just filed a lawsuit challenging the strict new requirements that force more than 600,000 Washingtonians to repeatedly fill out onerous paperwork to prove they’re working, in school, or volunteering to keep their health insurance.

“This administration’s changes to Medicaid are the latest cruel effort to shred the safety net for tens of thousands of Washingtonians,” AG Nick Brown said. “This red tape will make people lose their health insurance, stop going to the doctor when they’re sick, and rely on our public hospitals for emergency care when inevitable health issues spiral out of control.”

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