News & Updates
AG Racine Announces Washington Sports Club Must Pay $100K Penalty for Flouting COVID-19 Emergency Orders
Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced the parent company of Washington Sports Club will be required to pay a $100,000 fine to the District to resolve allegations that the company failed to adhere to the District’s COVID-19 health and safety orders, misinformed its patrons, and put the…
AG Racine Leads 24 AGs in Refuting Misguided Arguments From 22 Republican AGs Against DC Statehood
Attorney General Karl A. today led a coalition of 24 attorneys general in pushing back against the misguided arguments from a group of Republican attorneys general who yesterday sent congressional leaders a letter with inaccurate legal arguments about making the District a state.
AGs Racine & Schmidt Lead Bipartisan Coalition of 35 AGs Calling on Congress To Pass the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
Attorneys General Karl A. Racine (D-DC) and Derek Schmidt (R-KS) today led a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, which would provide state and local governments and law enforcement agencies with the tools and resources to…
AG Racine Leads Bipartisan Coalition of 22 AGs Calling on Congress To Fund Modernization of State Systems for Sealing and Expungement of Criminal Records
Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D-DC) and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R-AZ) today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 22 attorneys general urging Congress to provide federal funds for state systems and technology upgrades needed to seal and expunge criminal justice records.
AG Racine Announces Developer Must Pay $400,000 For Violating District Lead Laws and Deceiving Homebuyers
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that a DC-based real estate developer will be required to pay $400,000 in penalties and increase its health and safety protocols for violating District laws protecting residents from toxic lead and for deceiving homebuyers about potential lead…
Conversations on Combating Hate
We have a hate problem in this country. And sadly, we’re trending in the wrong direction.
OAG Testimony on B24-0063, the “Second Chance Amendment Act of 2021” and B24-0110, the “Criminal Record Expungement Amendment Act of 2021”
Statement of Jeminé Trouth, Assistant Chief of the Criminal Section with the Public Safety Division, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
AG Racine Sues Online Lender for Making Predatory and Deceptive Loans to 4,000+ District Consumers
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Opportunity Financial, LLC (OppFi), a predatory online lender, for deceptively marketing illegal high-interest loans to District consumers.
AG Racine Announces the 2021 Artist v. Hate Contest Winners
This week, AG Racine announced the winners for OAG and Project Create DC’s Artists v. Hate contest.
Confronting Anti-Asian Hate
This past year has been challenging for everyone: physically, emotionally, mentally, and economically.