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AG Racine Leads 19-State Coalition Opposing Trump Policy Change That Discourages Legal Immigrants,…
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March 22, 2019
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Office of Communications
AG RACINE LEADS 19-STATE COALITION OPPOSING TRUMP POLICY CHANGE THAT DISCOURAGES LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES FROM USING PUBLIC BENEFITS
New State…
AG Racine Introduces Legislation to Protect District Residents’ Personal Data
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March 21, 2019
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Office of Communications
AG RACINE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT DISTRICT RESIDENTS’ PERSONAL DATA
Proposal Creates Stricter Safeguards Against Data Breaches, Protects…
E&E News: D.C. girds for Exxon climate battle
The District of Columbia's top lawyer is preparing for a potential courtroom fight against one of the biggest oil companies in the world.
Washington Post: Lawsuit alleges $120,000 scheme to fraudulently rent out school soccer fields
A Maryland man collected more than $120,000 by fraudulently renting out soccer fields that belong to D.C. Public Schools, District officials allege in a court file unsealed Friday.
AG Racine Sues Maryland Man for Fraudulently Charging Local Adult Soccer League $120K in Rental Fees…
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March 15, 2019
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Office of Communications
AG RACINE SUES MARYLAND MAN FOR FRAUDULENTLY CHARGING LOCAL ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE $120K IN RENTAL FEES TO USE DCPS-OWNED SPORTS FIELDS
AG Alleges…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. drops its suit against Providence hospital
The District has dropped the lawsuit it filed in December against Providence Health System and its nonprofit parent, St. Louis-based Ascension Health, over the D.C. hospital's closure plans.
Washington Post: Amid Trump’s legal woes, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine enjoys the limelight
Three years into his first term as D.C.’s first elected attorney general, Karl Racine was looking for a way out.
Washington Post: ‘I feel like I know you’: Trump compliments D.C. attorney general suing him
President Trump on Monday afternoon ostentatiously complimented D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) — who alleges in an ongoing lawsuit that Trump is violating anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution and just last week became the…
DCist: Karl Racine Definitely Wouldn’t Mind Becoming U.S. Attorney General
For residents of the District of Columbia, it’s not exactly a secret that Karl Racine is a very active and ambitious D.C. attorney general—practically every week (and sometimes more than that) he’s filing suits against slumlords, seeking…
Politico Magazine: Meet the Man Curbing Trump’s Power Without Anyone Noticing
He’s a pioneering attorney and Haitian immigrant who’s leading the emoluments lawsuit. He engineered some of Dems’ biggest wins in 2018. So why haven’t you heard of Karl Racine?
WUSA9: Shot 5 times, a DC native who used to be ‘part of the problem’ is now risking his…
D.C. leaders have hired Violence Interrupters to help fight the District's wave of violent crime. WUSA 9 looks at who is fighting to "Cure the Streets."
Washington Post: D.C. accuses 3 Maryland families of fraudulently enrolling children in city schools
The District sued three Maryland families Wednesday, alleging the parents fraudulently claimed to live in the city so their children could attend D.C.’s public schools.
WTOP: DC files suit against 4 parents, city employee for defrauding schools
WASHINGTON — Four Maryland parents and a D.C. employee are in hot water with the city, facing fraud charges for allegedly enrolling their children in District schools.
WTOP: ‘The bulletproof vest without the vest’: Ex-cons, former gang members forge peace in DC…
WASHINGTON — Walking some of D.C.’s most dangerous streets, a yellow T-shirt-clad team of ex-convicts and former gang members are being paid to root out and mediate problems in neighborhoods before they escalate.
AG Racine Leads 22-State Coalition Against Trump Effort Threatening Legal Status of Long-Time U.S.…
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February 8, 2019
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AG RACINE LEADS 22-STATE COALITION AGAINST TRUMP EFFORT THREATENING LEGAL STATUS OF LONG-TIME U.S. RESIDENTS
DHS Rule Seeks to End Protected Status…
Amid recent violence, District puts an additional $6 million toward violence prevention and jobs…
District leaders doubled down this week on the idea of a two-pronged approach to stemming the tide of violence across the city: Target illegal guns and expand social services.
Amid a spike in murders, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney…
John Jordan in The Post: I sued to protect my child’s right to play at home
Given history, it is understandable that supporters and critics of anti-discrimination laws focus on ethnicity. Yet these laws and regulations specifically name other “protected classes,” and efforts to weaken regulations and their…
As Part of Her Push for a #SaferStrongerDC, Mayor Bowser Announces $6 Million Investment in Violence…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 1, 2019
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
David A. Mayorga (OAG)
As Part of Her Push for a #SaferStrongerDC, Mayor Bowser Announces $6 Million Investment in Violence Prevention and Workforce…