News & Updates

5 Tips for Managing Your Student Loans

This week, AG Racine partnered with the Student Borrower Protection Center to host a training session for District government employees and residents to learn about repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs.

Standing Up for Asylum-Seekers: Opposing Trump’s “Turnback Policy”

AG Racine joined a coalition of 20 AGs in opposing The Trump administration’s new "Turnback Policy," which unlawfully denies individuals access to the asylum process at ports of entry and turns them away.

Topics: Immigration

Black History Month: Celebrating Charlotte E. Ray

Charlotte E. Ray became the first African-American woman to graduate from a law school, and the first to formally practice law in the United States.

Topics: Other

Black History Month: Celebrating Charles Hamilton Houston

Learn about Charles Hamilton Houston, the man famously known in history as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow.”

Topics: Other
Press Release

AG Racine Sues Four Maryland Parents and DCPS Employee for Residency Fraud at D.C. Schools, Seeks $450K+ in Unpaid Tuition, Damages and Fines

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced lawsuits against four Maryland parents for falsifying District residency to send their children to D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) for free. 

Testimony

Testimony for Performance Oversight Hearing for FY18 to FY19

Statement of Karl A. Racine Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Topics: Other
Press Release

AG Racine Leads 22-State Coalition Against Trump Effort Threatening Legal Status of Long-Time U.S. Residents

Attorney General Karl A. Racine led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief seeking to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to strip longtime residents of their rights to live and work in the United States, making them subject to possible deportation.

Topics: Immigration

Standing Up for Student Survivors of Sexual Violence

The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for student survivors of sexual harassment and violence to get justice—AG Racine is fighting back.

Topics: Public Safety

Investing in OAG’s Violence Interruption Program

Last week, AG Racine and Mayor Bowser announced a $6 million investment in strategies to reduce gun violence and keep District residents safe.

Topics: Public Safety