News & Updates

Newsletter: #RelationshipGoals

Everyone deserves healthy, happy, and safe relationships. Yet in 2019, one in ten District high school students experienced physical violence from someone they were dating.

Topics: Public Safety
Press Release

AG Racine Joins Multistate Lawsuit To Stop Trump Administration From Gutting Safety Protections For Chemical Accidents

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Philadelphia in suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for gutting safeguards to prevent and limit harms from dangerous chemical accidents.

Topics: Public Safety

Fighting Human Trafficking

Since 2004, the D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force has brought together a diverse group of stakeholders to fight human trafficking, the heinous crime where victims are forced to engage in labor or commercial sexual exploitation.

Topics: Public Safety
Press Release

AG Racine Joins Lawsuit To Stop Trump Administration Effort To Expand Access To Untraceable 3D-Printed Guns

Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that he joined a coalition of 21 Attorneys General suing the Trump Administration to stop it from allowing 3D-printed gun files to be released on the internet. 

Topics: Public Safety
Remarks

Prepared Remarks: Multistate SNAP ABAWD Lawsuit

Delivered by Attorney General Karl A. Racine

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Press Release

AG Racine Leads Multistate Lawsuit to Stop Trump Administration From Eliminating Food Assistance for Nearly 700,000 Struggling Americans

Attorney General Karl A. Racine, along with New York State Attorney General Letitia James, today led a group of 15 Attorneys General and New York City in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans.

Topics: Public Safety

Sex Trafficking: Learn the Signs. Stop the Crime.

Sex traffickers can target anyone, a friend or a family member, and children are most at risk. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about sex trafficking. 

Topics: Public Safety
Press Release

AG Racine Sues JUUL For Creating a Teen Public Health Crisis and Deceiving District Residents About E-Cigarettes

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc., a major e-cigarette manufacturer, and its original parent company, for purposely marketing nicotine products to teenagers and misleading consumers about their highly-addictive quality.

Testimony

Testimony on Safe Passage to School Expansion Act of 2019

Statement of Christina Jones Special Counsel, Strategic Youth Initiatives

Topics: Public Safety