News & Updates
AG Racine & AG James Lead a Coalition of 17 Attorneys General Opposing Florida's Restrictive Voting Law
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine and New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a group of 17 attorneys general in a friend-of-the court brief in three cases opposing Florida’s discriminatory law that would make it more difficult for millions of Floridians—especially the…
AG Racine Announces New Focus on Advocating for the Public Interest in Zoning and Development Cases
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is taking on a new role of advocating for affordable housing, racial equity, and environmental justice in the zoning, land use, and related development processes. Previously, OAG was solely…
Expanding the Cure the Streets Violence Reduction Program
Yesterday, I announced that the Cure the Streets violence reduction program, which we launched in 2018, will expand with four new program sites in Congress Heights, Brightwood Park/Petworth, Sursum Corda/Ivy City, and Historic Anacostia/Fairlawn.
AG Racine Announces Over $2 Million Settlement with Predatory Online Lender Will Compensate Thousands of District Consumers
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that predatory online lender, Opportunity Financial, LLC (OppFi), will pay $1.5 million to refund over 4,000 District consumers who were charged exploitive interest rates by the company, waive over $640,000 in interest owed by those consumers, and…
AG Racine Announces Expansion of Cure the Streets Violence Reduction Program to Four New Neighborhoods
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Cure the Streets violence reduction program will expand with four newly-selected program sites in Wards 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is now accepting applications from community-based organizations…
AG Racine Leads Coalition of 17 AGs Urging Supreme Court Not to Restrict Resentencing Under First Step Act
Attorney General Karl A. Racine led a coalition of 17 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court not to restrict the resentencing relief that individuals serving harsh sentences can seek under the First Step Act, landmark criminal justice reform legislation passed by Congress in 2018.
Consumers: Watch Out for Phishing Scam Attempts Using Uber
OAG has learned of recent phishing scams in the District that we believe are connected to the use of Uber.
AG Racine's Brief: Reforms at the DC Jail are Long Overdue
Recent reports of squalid conditions in the District’s jail are unfortunately not new. But they should finally serve as a clarion call to District leaders to take bold action. Instead of making modest improvements to our crumbling jail, the District must use this moment to take a different…