On September 6, 2022, Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that Virginia and 33 other states and territories have joined a $438.5 million agreement in principle with...
As students head back to school and Virginians celebrate this last stretch of summer, Virginia State Police is urging those traveling this weekend to do so...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive directive on Thursday to address Virginia teacher shortages through strategies that include hiring retired educators and targeting recruitment and...
RICHMOND, VA – September 1, 2022, marks the launch of Virginia’s 2022 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over driving under the influence (DUI) enforcement and public...
Abortion rights supporters are on high alert, but Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office says it’s not planning to introduce any abortion-related legislation when the General Assembly...
RICHMOND, VA – On September 1, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced new measures to address teacher shortages and recover learning loss. Joined by local superintendents, school...
Richmond, VA – On September 1, 2022, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a bipartisan joint letter with 37 states to Congressional leaders urging them to...
GLEN ALLEN — Coal miners had their canaries sniff out deadly carbon monoxide before the gas could overcome them. Now, with coal on its way out,...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration announced their newest plans for how they intend to withdraw Virginia from a regional carbon market Wednesday, a move critics say is...
BOONE, Iowa — The more than $1 billion the federal government is devoting to voluntary efforts to reduce agriculture’s adverse effects on the environment is a...
Guidance on how local governments can protect themselves when utility-scale solar farms reach the end of their life is now available with the release of a...
On August 30, 2022, Attorney General Miyares joined 21 other states attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the religious liberty of Navy SEALs seeking...
VIRGINIA BEACH – A judge on Tuesday dismissed an attempt to use an arcane Virginia obscenity law to prevent bookstores from selling two titles to minors...
Phenomena known as harmful algal blooms have led Virginia to add portions of Lake Anna and six other water bodies to its impaired waters list, an...
Education officials in Virginia have made addressing the student achievement gap a top priority in Virginia after standardized test results showed statewide declines. Virginia’s pass rates,...
Virginia will not tax as income student loans forgiven under a new plan announced by President Joe Biden last week, according to representatives of two state...
On August 26, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the Virginia Board for Contractors, a regulatory board under the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR),...
More Virginians will be able to receive the monkeypox vaccine after the state expanded eligibility as a result of federal changes to how the shots can...
California’s decision to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars beginning in 2035 will also halt the sale of such vehicles in Virginia due to a...
Registration is now open for the 2022 Virginia Veterans & Military Affairs Conference to be held Wednesday, September 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT,...
On August 23, 2022, Virginia Attorney General Miyares announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled Virginia and forty-one other...
On August 24, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that DroneUp, LLC, a leading drone flight services innovator and aviation technology provider, will invest a total of...
On August 17, 2022, Attorney General Miyares and a coalition of 18 state attorneys general joined Missouri’s investigation into ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing rating company...
On August 19, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the development of the Virginia Energy Plan. The Virginia Department of Energy and the administration are accepting ideas...
Attorney General Jason Miyares has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International PLC and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million...
Attorney General Miyares announced that over 7,000 Virginians will receive federal student loan forgiveness due to misleading advertising. The Commonwealth of Virginia, along with 23 other...
Attorney General Miyares recently sent a letter to Senator Kaine, Senator Warner, Congresswoman Wexton, and Congressman Cline, urging them not to cut funding for the National...
On August 19, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that nearly 100,000 more Virginians are employed today since the end of January. Based on the Bureau of...
The Port of Virginia® continues processing record-setting amounts of cargo having handled nearly 318,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in July and in doing so making it...
On August 11, 2022, Attorney General Miyares announced that playing cards to help close unsolved homicides have been distributed to Richmond City Justice Center inmates for...