
Ed Gillespie confirms plans to run for governor in 2017
Ed Gillespie confirmed in an email to The Washington Post on Friday that he plans to run for governor in 2017.

Ed Gillespie confirmed in an email to The Washington Post on Friday that he plans to run for governor in 2017.

A federal judge late Wednesday dismissed two lawsuits from Virginia landowners related to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline that claimed the state survey permission law violated the U.S. Constitution.

Attorney General Mark Herring announced on Tuesday the first in a series of initiatives to promote safe, impartial, 21st century policing in Virginia, and to promote mutual trust and positive relationships between Virginia law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.

A new Christopher Newport University poll shows that Virginia voters have generally positive views of Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Barack Obama, not so muc

Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that Virginia has joined the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force (NEMA-HTF), a first-of-its kind task force that fosters cross-state collaboration and leverages resources to combat heroin distribution and the associated rise in heroin overdose fatalities.

The Virginia Board of Health voted Thursday to roll back Republican-backed measures enacted in 2011 aimed at hamstringing women’s health centers.

The reaction to the announcement from Mark Herring this week that the sitting attorney general plans to run for re-election was met with excitement and relief by fellow Virginia Democrats, who feel the move will forestall a bloodbath between Herring and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam for the 2017 gubernatorial nomination.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today that he, along with the Attorneys General of 47 other states and the District of Columbia have reached a $71 million settlement with Amgen Inc. to resolve allegations that the company unlawfully promoted its medications Aranesp and Enbrel.

Attorney General Mark Herring joined Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), for the launch of the CFPB’s first state-specific financial caregivers’ guides to help educate caregivers on the process of managing someone else’s money in Virginia.

On Friday, a motion to intervene was filed on my behalf asking a United States District Court to add me as a defendant in litigation filed by Democrats challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s voter identification law.
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