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Bob Ferguson takes a page out of Bill Clinton’s playbook: The moves by the leading Democrat for governor are revealing about the politics of the moment ...
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Bob Ferguson takes a page out of Bill Clinton’s playbook
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Man in the middle: Ferguson tries to strike a balance on policing: When a candidate is running for election, they’ll often seize on an issue when they sense they ...
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Man in the middle: Ferguson tries to strike a balance on policing
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4 more years of Inslee? How Democrats running for governor say they differ: How would the leading Democratic candidates for Washington governor differ from four ...
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4 more years of Inslee? How Democrats running for governor say they differ
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Washington gun shop and its former owner to pay $3 million for selling high-capacity ammo magazines
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Washington gun shop and its former owner to pay $3 million for selling ...
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For most Washington voters, the governor’s race is just beginning: Crosscut published its first story about the 2024 governor’s race on May 1, 2023 ...
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For most Washington voters, the governor’s race is just beginning
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Shoppers love WA’s move to block Kroger-Albertsons merger, but legal experts are puzzled
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Shoppers love WA’s move to block Kroger-Albertsons merger ...
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Providence hospitals must forgive medical debt for thousands of patients: Providence hospitals in WA must provide $158 million in refunds and debt relief to ...
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Providence hospitals must forgive medical debt for thousands of patients
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Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $149.5M to settle Washington state opioid claims - UPI.com
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Quick Glance: Washington State's $149.5 Million Settlement with Johnson & Johnson
  • Washington state attorney general reached a $149.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis role.

  • The deal requires the state and local governments to spend $123.3 million to address the opioid crisis.

  • The agreement would provide over $20 million more to respond to the opioid crisis than a national settlement in 2021 involving Johnson & Johnson.

  • Since the 2000s, drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacy chains, and consultants have paid over $50 billion to state and local governments to settle claims related to the opioid crisis.
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Fundraising complaints against Bob Ferguson dismissed: The Public Disclosure Commission dismissed complaints against Attorney General Bob Ferguson after he ...
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Fundraising complaints against Bob Ferguson dismissed
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Tuna, chicken settlement checks from Washington AG's Office are legitimate – don't throw them away
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Tuna, chicken settlement checks from Washington AG's Office are legitimate ...
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson campaign finance saga not quite over: A state campaign watchdog put off action Thursday on a proposed deal to dismiss complaints ...
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson campaign finance saga not quite over
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Thousands of WA patients getting refunds in PeaceHealth billing case: PeaceHealth billed thousands of patients it knew were likely eligible for financial help ...
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Thousands of WA patients getting refunds in PeaceHealth billing case
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WA’s legal fees top $4.2M in failed lawsuit against Value Village: The award comes after the state Supreme Court rejected the attorney general's claims that ...
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WA’s legal fees top $4.2M in failed lawsuit against Value Village
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‘Like an open wound’: Washington task force holds event to address missing and slain Indigenous women
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‘Like an open wound’: Washington task force holds event to address missing ...
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Washington sexual assault kit backlog largely cleared: SPOKANE — The sexual assault kit backlog in Washington has largely been cleared, with more than 10 ...
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Washington sexual assault kit backlog largely cleared
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Jay Inslee endorses Bob Ferguson to succeed him as WA governor: The endorsement came as Attorney General Bob Ferguson officially launched his campaign for ...
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Jay Inslee endorses Bob Ferguson to succeed him as WA governor
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson formally enters 2024 Washington governor race: Washington’s Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson formally announced on Saturday ...
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson formally enters 2024 Washington governor ...
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WA gun-rights group says it has been illegally targeted by AG Bob Ferguson: The Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, gun rights activist Alan Gottlieb and ...
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WA gun-rights group says it has been illegally targeted by AG Bob Ferguson
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Washington AG sues Ophelia Noble, whose Noble Foundation is meant to aid Clark, Cowlitz counties’ people of color
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Washington AG sues Ophelia Noble, whose Noble Foundation is meant to aid ...
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Seattle City Council split on who should represent downtown: Challenger Bob Kettle has racked up three endorsements from current Seattle City Council members in ...
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Seattle City Council split on who should represent downtown
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AG Ferguson asks feds for fentanyl-related law enforcement help outside Seattle: SEATTLE — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson requested that the ...
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AG Ferguson asks feds for fentanyl-related law enforcement help outside ...
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WA AG sues O’Reilly Auto Parts, says pregnant workers faced discrimination: OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday he was suing ...
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WA AG sues O’Reilly Auto Parts, says pregnant workers faced discrimination
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WA attorney general challenges Idaho’s abortion travel ban: WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson is again challenging Idaho's abortion restrictions ...
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WA attorney general challenges Idaho’s abortion travel ban
Quick Glance: Court Blocks Prosecution of Doctors for Referring Out-of-State Abortions
  • Doctors referring patients for out-of-state abortions are currently protected from prosecution.

  • A legal case has been initiated to challenge the constitutionality of this provision.

  • Idaho is one of approximately a dozen states where abortions have been criminalized following the Supreme Court ruling in 2022.

  • The restrictive abortion laws in Idaho are causing doctors to leave the state.
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Disclosure of campaign donors matters | Editorial: The state Public Disclosure Commission's recent ruling does not bode well for candidates wanting to skirt new ...
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Disclosure of campaign donors matters | Editorial
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Who has won the most Open Championship titles?: Who has hoisted the Claret Jug the most times in Open Championship history? Here's a list of those with multiple ...
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Who has won the most Open Championship titles?
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OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly fabricated fake embezzlement claims: AI "hallucinations" are leading people to completely made-up information presented as ...
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OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly fabricated fake embezzlement claims
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With Inslee out, candidates are lining up for Washington governor: With Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declining to run for a fourth term in 2024 ...
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With Inslee out, candidates are lining up for Washington governor
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‘Not tools of self-defense’: Ferguson makes case for Washington’s new semiautomatic rifle ban
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‘Not tools of self-defense’: Ferguson makes case for Washington’s new ...
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Google agrees to pay Washington state $40 million over location tracking claims: Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Washington accusing ...
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Google agrees to pay Washington state $40 million over location tracking ...
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Democratic AGs are using the courts to win on abortion, gun control: Democratic state attorneys general are finding successes that eluded them for years.
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Democratic AGs are using the courts to win on abortion, gun control
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Dueling court cases in Washington state and Texas could determine legality of abortion pill
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Dueling court cases in Washington state and Texas could determine legality ...
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Washington campaign surplus rule eyed: Washington’s campaign-finance watchdog is eyeing whether to close a loophole that could give Attorney General Bob Ferguson ...
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Washington campaign surplus rule eyed
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Washington state attorney general says FDA rules on abortion drug are unreasonable
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Washington state attorney general says FDA rules on abortion drug are ...
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Seattle-area gun shop faces fine for selling high-capacity ammo magazines: SEATTLE — A judge has ruled against a suburban Seattle gun shop owner who sold ...
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Seattle-area gun shop faces fine for selling high-capacity ammo magazines
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AG sues Puppyland over alleged false health guarantees, predatory loans: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against Puppyland ...
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AG sues Puppyland over alleged false health guarantees, predatory loans
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Democratic state attorneys general sue Biden administration over abortion pill rules
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Democratic state attorneys general sue Biden administration over abortion ...
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It’s a waiting game for WA governor wannabes | Horsey cartoon: Chief among the governors-in-waiting is Attorney General Bob Ferguson – should Gov ...
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It’s a waiting game for WA governor wannabes | Horsey cartoon
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2024 Washington governor’s race taking shape — if Jay Inslee doesn’t run again: SEATTLE — Gov. Jay Inslee isn’t yet saying whether he’ll seek a fourth term next ...
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2024 Washington governor’s race taking shape — if Jay Inslee doesn’t run ...
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How a Washington state plan to fight domestic extremism could be a model for the nation
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How a Washington state plan to fight domestic extremism could be a model ...
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Albertsons cleared to pay controversial dividend ahead of Kroger merger: The $4 billion pay from Albertsons to its shareholders ahead of a proposed merger with ...
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Albertsons cleared to pay controversial dividend ahead of Kroger merger
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Court rejects deception charges against Savers Value Village: SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court handed the thrift store chain Savers Value ...
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Court rejects deception charges against Savers Value Village
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WA, other states sue FDA in push for better medication abortion access: Washington's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the FDA, accusing it of ...
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WA, other states sue FDA in push for better medication abortion access
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WA Supreme Court clears way for Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend: Washington's highest court swept aside a last legal obstacle to a $4 billion dividend by ...
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WA Supreme Court clears way for Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend
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WA AG sues Seattle-area plastic surgery provider, alleging fake reviews: The lawsuit alleges Allure Esthetic went to extreme measures, even suing anonymous ...
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WA AG sues Seattle-area plastic surgery provider, alleging fake reviews
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Judge orders Federal Way gun store to stop magazine sales: SEATTLE — A King County Superior Court judge has ordered a Federal Way gun shop to stop selling ...
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Judge orders Federal Way gun store to stop magazine sales
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WA gun shop that defied new law must stop selling high-capacity magazines: A King County judge has ordered a Federal Way gun shop owner to stop unlawfully ...
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WA gun shop that defied new law must stop selling high-capacity magazines
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Washington attorney general pushes to strengthen laws against robocalls: Bad news. Your car's extended warranty has expired. No, wait, your health insurance ...
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Washington attorney general pushes to strengthen laws against robocalls
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WA attorney general seeks $1.5M to combat organized retail crime: The annual funding will go toward hiring ten people to establish an organized retail crime unit ...
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WA attorney general seeks $1.5M to combat organized retail crime
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Kroger-Albertsons merger spotlights a popular private equity tactic: Cerberus Capital Management has long attracted controversy. Now the firm is trying to pull ...
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Kroger-Albertsons merger spotlights a popular private equity tactic
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Washington attorney general sues Kroger, Albertsons, Rite Aid over opioid crisis: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday his office is ...
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Washington attorney general sues Kroger, Albertsons, Rite Aid over opioid ...
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WA attorney general sues Kroger, Albertsons, Rite Aid over opioids: The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court is a continuation of efforts to hold ...
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WA attorney general sues Kroger, Albertsons, Rite Aid over opioids
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Inslee, Ferguson propose assault weapon ban, gun purchase permit: TUKWILA — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced legislative ...
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Inslee, Ferguson propose assault weapon ban, gun purchase permit
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Inslee, Ferguson join efforts to ban semiautomatic rifles in Washington: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson will request legislation ...
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Inslee, Ferguson join efforts to ban semiautomatic rifles in Washington
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Washington AG sues gun shop over high-capacity magazine sales: SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing a Federal Way gun shop ...
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Washington AG sues gun shop over high-capacity magazine sales
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AG: Washington data breaches are at a ‘record-breaking severity’: BELLINGHAM — Washington’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Tuesday that data breaches in ...
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AG: Washington data breaches are at a ‘record-breaking severity’
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Bob Ferguson obituary: Crieff nightclub owner, community champion and founder of Christmas lights charity
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Bob Ferguson obituary: Crieff nightclub owner, community champion and ...
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WA sues to block $4 billion Albertsons dividend ahead of Kroger merger: Washington has filed suit to stop a $4 billion investor dividend by Albertson as part of ...
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WA sues to block $4 billion Albertsons dividend ahead of Kroger merger
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Facebook parent company fined $25M for WA campaign finance violations: Attorney General Bob Ferguson had asked for the maximum possible fine after his office had ...
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Facebook parent company fined $25M for WA campaign finance violations
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Meta fined $24.7M for campaign finance disclosure violations: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson argued that the maximum was appropriate ...
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Meta fined $24.7M for campaign finance disclosure violations
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Albertsons $4B payout to shareholders amid merger paused: SEATTLE — A judge in Washington state has temporarily blocked Albertsons from paying a $4 billion ...
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Albertsons $4B payout to shareholders amid merger paused
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Providence continues to face questions about hospital debt collection: U.S. Sen. Patty Murray this week sent a letter to Providence CEO demanding clarity around ...
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Providence continues to face questions about hospital debt collection
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Meta must pay $10.5M to cover WA legal fees in campaign violation case: Facebook parent's company, Meta, must pay Washington $10.5 million in legal fees ...
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Meta must pay $10.5M to cover WA legal fees in campaign violation case
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Washington reaches $10M settlement with Tyson Foods in chicken price fixing: Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest chicken producer, will pay Washington $10 ...
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Washington reaches $10M settlement with Tyson Foods in chicken price ...
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Federal judge rules WA gold mine violated Clean Water Act more than 3,000 times: A federal judge ruled that operators of the Buckhorn Mountain gold mine in ...
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Federal judge rules WA gold mine violated Clean Water Act more than 3 ...
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Millions in Wasington may have enrolled in a subscription service by accident: More than 3.5 million Washingtonians might have unintentionally enrolled in a ...
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Millions in Wasington may have enrolled in a subscription service by ...
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Providence Health faces Oregon consumer protection investigation: Oregon's investigation comes as Providence fights lawsuits from Washington's attorney ...
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Providence Health faces Oregon consumer protection investigation
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$500M-plus from opioid deal starts heading to Washington: Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the first payments from a $518 million settlement will begin ...
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$500M-plus from opioid deal starts heading to Washington
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A new effort to help save local news, from WA AG Bob Ferguson: Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is working with state legislators on an important ...
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A new effort to help save local news, from WA AG Bob Ferguson