Uber-sourced local crime reporter Jonah Spangenthal-Lee has the scoop on an upcoming sting by Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna: McKenna, along with several other states' attorneys general, are jumping in to the fight against Backpage.com, the classified-ad web site owned by Village Voice Media (which owns and operates Seattle Weekly ), which has been linked to the promotion of child prostitution.

Later this week, Spangenthal-Lee reports,

McKenna will announce that he and a group of other A.G.s are jumping into the fight against Backpage as part of his "Pillars of Hope" initiative he launched earlier this year as president of the National Association of Attorneys General.

Upon election, each NAAG presidents selects an issue to focus on (climate change, financial fraud, etc.) during their term. McKenna, who became NAAG president in June, picked human trafficking.

McKenna is scheduled to speak with non-profit groups associated with fighting human trafficking this Thursday, and follow that up with a meeting with the NAAG leadership council.

A spokeswoman for McKenna, Janelle Guthrie, would not provide details on how McKenna plans to address problems with juvenile sex trafficking on Backpage.com, but confirmed he is "working with other attorneys general on a solution."