
Climate, energy news roundup: Week of June 27
The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending June 27.

The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending June 27.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced this week the appointment of Eric J. Reynolds as Virginia’s first director of the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to nominate Judge Arenda Wright Allen to fill an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

If there is an absolute maxim by which the American government seems to operate, it is that the taxpayer always gets ripped off.

Virginia State Police identified the man fatally shot by state troopers after a pursuit that began Wednesday in Waynesboro.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration this week.

Voters have become aware over the years of the arguments that have been used for a party to regain power or to stay in power

Four defendants pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia this week to federal dogfighting and conspiracy charges for their roles in an interstate dogfighting network across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey.

A coalition of 47 state attorneys general is urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act, a bill aimed at preventing elder fraud.

Attorney General Mark Herring and his colleagues sent a letter Monday pointing out that exclusionary discipline remains prevalent across the country and continues to disproportionately impact students of color.
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