How OAG is Countering Hate

At OAG, we believe that challenging biased attitudes and behaviors in ourselves, others, our institutions, and our systems, can help to interrupt bias before it escalates and stop discrimination, hate, and bias-motivated violence from flourishing. For that reason, OAG’s strategy to address hate focuses on awareness, prevention, and survivor support.

District Joins 18-State Coalition to Defend National Auto Emission Standards

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined an 18-state coalition in suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its attempt to abandon greenhouse-gas-emission standards currently in place for model year 2022-2025 vehicles. The standards save drivers money at the pump, reduce oil consumption, and curb greenhouse gases.

Attorneys General Release ‘Setting the Record Straight on Local Involvement in Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement’

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine and his counterparts from five states released a new report debunking the Trump Administration’s legal and public safety claims against cities and towns that choose to limit their participation in the most aggressive forms of federal immigration enforcement. As the joint report details, such localities are lawfully permitted to decline most forms of participation.

Debt Collection FAQs

GUIDANCE ON THE DEBT COLLECTION PROVISIONS OF THE COVID-19 RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY AMENDMENT ACT OF 2020

On April 10, 2020, the Council for the District of Columbia passed the emergency Act 23-286, the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (“Emergency Act”) which aims to help DC residents deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Section 207 of the Emergency Act amended D.C.

AGs Racine & Schmidt Lead Bipartisan Coalition of 35 AGs Calling on Congress To Pass the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 understand, identify, and report hate crimes and, as a result, help prevent them.

District Receives Several Favorable Rulings in Litigation to Help Tenants of Park Southern Apartment Building

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A D.C. Superior Court judge has issued a series of recent rulings in favor of the District in a lawsuit against the nonprofit owner of the Park Southern Apartments, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today. The rulings come in litigation against the Park Southern Neighborhood Corporation (PSNC) alleging serious mismanagement of the building, which offers affordable housing to low-income residents at 800 Southern Avenue SE.

AG Racine Testimony on the Office of the Attorney General's Work to Stand Up for District Residents

Good morning, Chairman Allen, Councilmembers, and District residents. I am Karl Racine, and I have the privilege of serving as the independent Attorney General of the District of Columbia. As you know, this oversight hearing will be my last as Attorney General. As a point of personal privilege, I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your extraordinary and always thorough work, partnership, and yes, constructive criticism.