News & Updates
AG Racine Leads Multistate Coalition Opposing Minnesota’s Voting Restrictions on Returning Citizens Living in the Community
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 15 Attorneys General voicing opposition to a Minnesota law that prevents returning citizens from voting until they have completed their terms of parole or probation.
Fighting Price Gouging
For more than eight months, an emergency declaration has been in place in the District because of COVID-19.
AG Racine Announces Apple Will Pay $2.6M+ to District for Deceiving iPhone Users About Battery Problems and Throttling Performance
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Apple will pay the District nearly $2.7 million as part of a $113 million multistate settlement for intentionally slowing down or “throttling” the performance of iPhone devices to cover up battery problems.
AG Racine Announces OAG Leadership Team Hires
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced the appointments of three individuals to the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) leadership team.
AG Racine Sues Major Gasoline Seller for Price Gouging at Dozens of DC Gas Stations
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Capitol Petroleum Group, LLC (CPG), a leading retailer and distributor of gasoline in the District of Columbia, as well as several affiliated companies, for illegal price gouging during the District’s COVID-19 emergency.
A Victory for Police Reform
This victory ensures that officers who violate MPD policy or the law are not shielded from discipline due to contract provisions that are not in the public interest.
Newsletter: Your Vote Counts
Early voting is underway in the District, and it’s important that every resident make their voice heard this election.
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…
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…
OAG Testimony on Fair Tenant Screening Act of 2020
Statement of Kathryn Ladewski Jarosz, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Section Public Interest Division