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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's attorney general says he is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his lawsuit Monday, becoming the first state attorney general to announce a legal action against the Trump administration over one

SEATTLE (AP) — Uber is asking a judge to quash the City of Seattle's rules allowing drivers to unionize. KOMO-TV reports that Uber subsidiary Riser filed a lawsuit in King County Court asking a judge to review the rules and then find them invalid...

OLYMPIA (AP) — The family of a woman killed following a crash in a car driven by a prisoner who was mistakenly released early is planning to sue the state. A tort claim was filed Tuesday against the state Department of Corrections on behalf of Jane and Craig Noel's two grandsons, the 14-year-old and his 8-year-old brother, The Seattle Times reports ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Bechtel National Inc. and a subcontractor have agreed to pay $125 million to settle a lawsuit alleging subpar work in the construction of a nuclear waste treatment facility on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation...

TACOMA (AP) — Pierce County elections officials are sending out nearly 500,000 postcards reminding voters about Election Day as part of an agreement that will keep them from facing a lawsuit. The News Tribune reports the Thursday agreement comes after state Democratic Party officials complained about earlier ballot instructions...

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge hearing a lawsuit brought by victims of a deadly landslide north of Seattle has ordered the state of Washington to pay more than $1.1 million because the state's expert witnesses in the litigation were deleting emails that should have been preserved...

SEATTLE (AP) — The attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state of Washington over a deadly 2014 landslide have announced a proposed $50 million settlement on the eve of a trial. The attorneys announced the tentative pact Sunday night...

SEATTLE (AP) — Attorney General Bob Ferguson says a lawyer in his office who knew that the state's expert witnesses in a lawsuit over liability for the Oso landslide were deleting emails is no longer working for him. Ferguson made the announcement Tuesday after a King County Superior Court judge announced sanctions against the state related to the email deletions...

SEATTLE (AP) — One of the largest producers of shellfish in the country is being sued over claims it permitted ongoing racial harassment and retaliatory discipline against a black maintenance mechanic. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a news release that it filed the lawsuit against Taylor Shellfish on Wednesday in U...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Several large natural gas utilities in Washington state are taking legal action against the state Department of Ecology over its recently-created Clean Air Act. Avista Corp., Cascade Natural Gas Corp., NW Natural and Puget Sound Energy jointly challenged the new rule Tuesday in federal court in Spokane...