Gun group planning push to roll back new state gun laws and more Va. headlines

The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)

• Former Prince William County registrar Michele White claims her prosecution on charges related to the 2020 election season is a politically motivated ploy to support the creation of an “election integrity unit.” A spokeswoman for Attorney General Jason Miyares called the accusation “utterly false.”—Washington Post

• Lance Allen, a Republican running for a state Senate seat against Del. Dave LaRock, R-Loudoun, says he called law enforcement after LaRock showed up at an Allen campaign event where the election conspiracy film “2000 Mules” was shown.—Virginia Star

• Nonprofit leader Holly Siebold upset Fairfax County School Board Chair Karl Frisch to win the Democratic nomination for an open House of Delegates seat in Northern Virginia.—WJLA

• The intra-GOP election fight between Del. Wren Williams, R-Patrick, and Del. Marie March, R-Floyd, now features a dispute over the nomination method itself. Williams claims March and her allies are trying to set up a rigged convention.—Roanoke Times

• “In Virginia, half a billion in opioid settlement money comes with worries about misuse.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• The pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League says it’s planning a new push to rescind new state gun laws after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a right to self-defense in public, not just in the home.—Virginian-Pilot

• A federal appeals court refused to rehear a Virginia case that led to a groundbreaking ruling recognizing gender dysphoria as a condition covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.—Associated Press

• Police vacancies in Norfolk are expected to hit 40% by the end of the year.—Virginian-Pilot

• Citing staff shortages, Lynchburg’s top prosecutor says her office will no longer be involved in prosecuting some misdemeanor charges, including misdemeanor drug possession, trespassing and being drunk in public.—News & Advance

• Loudoun County officials gave differing accounts for how a man arrested in connection to the death of a young woman was accidentally released from jail.—Washington Post

• Organizers of the FloydFest music festival are trying to reassure residents that moving the event to the Check area won’t have negative impacts on neighbors.—Floyd Press