Mark Herring announces candidacy for attorney general
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Leesburg Democrat Mark Herring announced today that he will run for the 2013 Democratic Party nomination for attorney general
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AG’s office to fight redistricting suit
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The Supreme Court of Virginia on Tuesday denied a writ of prohibition and declined to grant an immediate appeal of a Circuit Court of the City of Richmond decision that refused to dismiss a challenge to the authority of the General Assembly to draw new congressional district lines. In its order, the Supreme Court said…
Local attorney announces run for School Board
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Attorney Linda Schorsch Jones has announced that she will run for the At-Large seat on the Waynesboro School Board in the May 1 general election. A long-time Waynesboro resident, Jones graduated from Stuarts Draft High School in 1982 and from the University of Virginia in 1986, earning a bachelor of arts degree with honors in…
Ken Plum: Your attorney general at work
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In my round of community meetings several months ago I found that the most-mentioned statewide official in Virginia was Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. As the third position on the ballot of statewide elected officials the position and the person occupying it have in the past received little attention. Few were the number of Virginians over…
Attorney threatening legal action regarding petitions, assessment worksheets
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One is a bit of a fishing expedition. The other is basic First Amendment rights. And in Francis Chester’s hands, both are ticking time bombs aimed at March 11. The Churchville attorney was at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona Tuesday afternoon to hand-deliver letters to county administrator Patrick Coffield and commissioner of the…
Virginia Government: McDonnell announces AG office cuts to respond to budget shortfall
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bob McDonnell announced today that he is cutting spending in his Attorney General’s Office by 9.1 percent and is reducing his own salary and returning his state vehicle as a response to the state’s $2.9 billion budget shortfall. “These are difficult times. This economic downturn, and sustained uncertainty, is forcing…
Virginia Rules Camps open, offer opportunities for youth to learn about law in the great outdoors
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Another season of Virginia Rules Camps, organized by the Office of the Attorney General and Virginia law enforcement agencies, has begun.
AG gets indictments, guilty pleas in Virginia unemployment fraud cases
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The Office of the Attorney General Jason Miyares has produced six indictments of unemployment compensation fraud, as well as 11 guilty pleas for obtaining money by false pretenses.
Virginia AG Miyares launches investigation of Muslim charity based in Falls Church
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The Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section has opened an investigation into AJP Educational Foundation, Inc.
New provision: THC products must meet requirements of Virginia Food and Drink Law
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Office of the Attorney General of Virginia are initiating efforts to address the retail sale of certain products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in response to provisions included in the budget recently passed by the General Assembly.
