Virginia’s advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing cluster will receive $52.9 million in grants as one of 21 winners in the federal Build Back Better Regional Challenge, according to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). “After meeting with the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership and pushing the Department of Commerce to support this project, I am thrilled to see […]
Attorney General Jason Miyares has created a 20-member Election Integrity Unit within the Office of the Attorney General [OAG]; the unit will investigate and prosecute violations of election law, provide legal guidance, and work with law enforcement to protect election purity. “I pledged during the 2021 campaign to work to increase transparency and strengthen confidence […]
Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Wednesday that a grand jury has chosen to bring two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge against former Prince William County Registrar Michele White for incidents occurring around the time of the 2020 election. “First of all, proper investigations, we shouldn’t know what’s going on exactly, you know, as opposed […]
RICHMOND, Virginia — The Virginia General Assembly reconvened for one day on Wednesday to elect four judges to circuit, district, and juvenile courts, but didn’t fill a vacancy on the three-member State Corporation Commission. Senate Republicans abstained on one vote to appoint current District Court Judge Matthew Parke Snow to the 20th Judicial Circuit Court. […]
Attorney General Jason Miyares and 36 other attorneys general want Congress to grant them power to enforce consumer protection laws against airlines; on Wednesday the National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter to congressional leaders saying that the U.S. Department of Transportation has failed to protect airline customers under both Republican and Democratic administrations. […]
The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit alleging that the CVS-owned MinuteClinic fired nurse practitioner Paige Casey from her northern Virginia job after Casey refused to violate her religious beliefs and provide “abortion-causing drugs.” “Casey’s religious objection never posed an issue to coworkers, patients, or supervisors, and just two days before she was fired, she […]
The Alliance Defending Freedom is seeking a temporary injunction in Virginia to block the Harrisonburg City Public School’s transgender policy from going into effect while the conservative legal group’s lawsuit against the district’s school board goes forward. In June, a group of HCPS parents and students represented by the ADF sued the district over its […]
Attorney General Jason Miyares’ grand jury investigation into the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) can go forward after the Virginia Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit from the school board seeking to block the investigation. In a Friday opinion, the state supreme court said the only grounds for blocking the injunction would be […]
Virginia law enforcement is kicking off its annual holiday-season DUI enforcement campaign over Labor Day weekend. The rebranded campaign, now called Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, combines a public awareness campaign and high-visibility enforcement. “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over reflects a shared commitment to stop impaired driving at the source,” Virginia Department of Motor […]
A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that an antitrust lawsuit from 42 states against the Chesterfield, Virginia-based manufacturer of Suboxone can go forward, a “major victory” according to an announcement from Attorney General Jason Miyares. “The intentional implementation of an illegal ‘product hopping’ scheme to block or delay generic versions of a medication used to […]
