Herring takes part in regional AG meeting on gun violence
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Attorney General Mark Herring joined in a first-of-its-kind regional meeting to discuss opportunities for collaboration to prevent and reduce gun violence.
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Herring, Virginia State Police complete audit and update of concealed handgun permit recognition
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The Virginia State Police has completed an audit of the 30 states whose concealed handgun permits have been considered valid within the Commonwealth.
Herring announces settlement valued at $4 million with online lender
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Attorney General Mark Herring has reached a settlement with MoneyKey, Inc., an online consumer lender, for alleged violations of the state’s consumer finance statutes.
Herring announces veterans pro bono legal services clinics
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Attorney General Mark Herring announced series of pro bono Veterans Legal Services Clinics to provide estate planning services to low-income veterans.
McAuliffe signs gun safety executive order
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today signed an executive order directing actions to keep guns out of dangerous hands by better enforcing existing Virginia law. The governor signed the executive order at a press conference alongside U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Attorney General Mark Herring and members of the law enforcement and gun safety advocacy community.
Virginia receives $1.4 million to test more than 2,000 untested sexual assault evidence kits
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Attorney General Mark Herring and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran announced today that the Commonwealth of Virginia has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct DNA testing and analyze more than 2,000 untested Physical Evidence Recovery Kits (PERKs) associated with sexual assaults in Virginia.
Governor McAuliffe appoints 27-member Parole Commission
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the appointment of an experienced group of law enforcement professionals, legislators, community leaders and academics to serve on his Commission on Parole Review.
Virginia helps successfully defend Chesapeake Bay restoration
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Today, a three judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the right of Virginia and other Chesapeake Bay states to work together to protect and restore the Bay.
Governor creates committee to reduce energy consumption in the private sector
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced the formation of the Governor’s Executive Committee on Energy Efficiency. The Executive Committee is comprised of public and private sector stakeholders that will develop strategies and recommendations to achieve the goal of a ten percent reduction in retail electricity consumption in the Commonwealth by 2020.
Virginia legal community raises more than 1.3 million pounds of food for those in need
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced this week that law firms, legal departments, government offices, and law schools across Virginia joined together to raise the equivalent of more than 1.3 million pounds of food for Virginia’s hungry during this year’s statewide Legal Food Frenzy.
