Washington AG joins lawsuit over federal job cuts
The Washington state attorney general on Tuesday joined another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time over the “damaging and illegal” firings of federal employees.
In court filings, the attorney general’s office said at least 1,000 of Washington’s 76,000 federal employees had lost their jobs.
Tera Heintz, an attorney with the office, notes in a court brief that Washington has three national parks, eight national forests, six military bases and dams run by the federal government.
“Local governments within the State also rely on and interact with the federal government every day,” Heintz wrote, noting disaster response, emergency preparedness and public health as areas of cooperation.
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