News & Updates

Newsletter: Your Vote Counts

Early voting is underway in the District, and it’s important that every resident make their voice heard this election.

Topics: Civil Rights
Press Release

AG Racine Co-Leads 15-State Coalition Defending Michigan’s Ban on Open Carry of Firearms at Polling Locations

Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced today they are co-leading a coalition of 15 states in urging the Michigan Court of Appeals to uphold the Michigan Secretary of State’s authority to ban the open carry of guns at polling places on Election…

Topics: Civil Rights

OP-ED: Unequal justice under the law

The confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the highest court in the land will likely cement the concerted efforts by conservative activists over the recent decades to appoint a Supreme Court that will move the federal judiciary from a home for justice into an institution where individual…

Testimony

OAG Testimony on Fair Tenant Screening Act of 2020

Statement of Kathryn Ladewski Jarosz, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Section Public Interest Division 

Topics: Tenant Rights
Press Release

AG Racine Leads 22-State Coalition Opposing Trump Administration’s Drastic Limits on International Student Visas

Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced today they are co-leading a group of 22 state Attorneys General in opposing efforts by the Trump administration to severely restrict the amount of time international students are allowed to stay in the…

OP-ED: Too many D.C. families count on food stamps to allow the president to cut the program

The courts this month struck down the president’s plan to cut food stamps to more than 700,000 Americans.

Topics: Public Safety
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AG Racine Leads 15-State Coalition Defending North Carolina’s Extended Deadline For Receiving Mail-In Ballots

Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today he is leading a group of 15 state Attorneys General in defending North Carolina’s deadline extension for receiving and counting mail-in ballots that were properly cast on or before Election Day.

Topics: Civil Rights
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Voter Advisory: Destroying Election Signs Violates District Law

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued an advisory to inform District residents that destroying election signs violates District law.

Press Release

AG Racine Sues Washington Hebrew Congregation’s Preschool for Endangering Children, Violating District Childcare Safety Laws

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Washington Hebrew Congregation (WHC), a synagogue that also operates a fee-based childcare center, for routinely ignoring District laws designed to protect children and creating an environment ripe for abuse.

Topics: Public Safety
Press Release

AG Racine Leads 13-State Coalition Defending Minnesota’s Deadline Extension For Mail-In Ballots

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 13 state Attorneys General in defending Minnesota’s deadline extension for receiving and counting mail-in ballots that were properly cast on or before Election Day.

Topics: Civil Rights