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- November 20, 2022
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Virginia Wins MAJOR Big Tech Payout

Virginia is set to receive $10.7 million as part of a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over allegations that the tech company misled users about location tracking related to their Google account settings. “It is imperative that companies take customers’ personal data protection seriously and are transparent and direct about the data collected. As […]

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- November 4, 2022
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Miyares Targets Robocall Routing In Latest Action

Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that the national Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force is taking enforcement action against two telecoms providers over their alleged involvement in illegal robocalls. The two companies, Avid Telecom and One Eye, LLC, have stopped cooperating with the task force’s investigation. “The enforcement action against Avid Telecom details several instances in which […]

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- September 6, 2022
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Miyares Wants Authority To Hold Airlines Accountable

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. […]

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- August 26, 2022
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Miyares Makes “Back To School” Stop In Gilpin Court

RICHMOND, Virginia — Attorney General Jason Miyares stopped at the Calhoun Community Center in Gilpin Court, a low-income neighborhood with a local reputation for violence. Miyares met privately with local leaders and parents and handed out backpacks with school supplies to residents as part of a series of stops he is making around Virginia. “I came […]

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- August 19, 2022
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RNC Launches Veterans Engagement Center In Virginia Beach

The Republican National Committee has launched a first-of-its-kind Veterans and Military Families Community Center in Virginia Beach. Republican elected officials and candidates from across Virginia spoke at the Center’s launch event yesterday: Attorney General Jason Miyares, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) Chairman Rich Anderson, VA – 02  Republican nominee Jen Kiggans […]

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- August 17, 2022
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Miyares Warns Congressional Funding Package Will Negatively Impact THIS Law Enforcement Agency

Attorney General Jason Miyares is warning that the latest congressional budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 will cut funding for the Virginia Army National Guard (VANG) Counter Drug unit program by about 10 percent, eliminating several positions. “The current proposed budget reductions would result in the loss of five VNG Counter Drug Unit analysts across the […]

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- August 11, 2022
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Virginia Poison Control Center Director Reports Rise in Delta-8 THC Calls, Including Among Children

The Blue Ridge Poison Control Center is seeing a rise in calls related to THC, including Delta-8 THC exposures among children, Director Christopher Holstege told a taskforce on Tuesday, echoing concerns nationally from the CDC issued in 2021. “Certainly my colleagues and I have been talking about this extensively and seeing these as they were doing surveillance, with […]

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- August 10, 2022
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AG Miyares Rails Against Attacks On Pregnancy Centers In New Documentary

A new documentary about Pro-life pregnancy centers produced by the Heritage Foundation highlights the violence that these centers endured as they were targeted by radical pro-abortion activists in the lead-up to and the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade this summer. Pregnancy Centers across the country were targeted, including the Blue Ridge […]

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- August 10, 2022
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Miyares Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Decision to Vacate Travel Mask Mandate

Attorney General Jason Miyares joined an amicus brief opposing the Biden administration’s ongoing lawsuit over the CDC’s mask mandate for interstate travel. A district court vacated the requirement, but the CDC appealed, and the Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden case is now in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. “Mask Mandates across the […]

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- August 3, 2022
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Virginia Officials Celebrate National Night Out

Yesterday, Virginia officials celebrated National Night Out, a once-a-year event that brings the law enforcement community and the people they protect closer together. National Night Out aims for the police and the community to come together to try to build bridges. According to the National Night Out website, “National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign […]

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