2020: The year the Tree of Liberty was torched
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No doubt about it: 2020—a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year for freedom—was the culmination of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade for freedom.
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Virginia Tech Foundation announces Elizabeth McClanahan as new CEO
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Elizabeth McClanahan, a former justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia who now serves as president and dean of the Appalachian School of Law, has been named CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation.
AGs to Trump administration: Maintain presidential records
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A group of 15 state AGs is making politics today out of a friendly public reminder to the Trump administration, on its way out the door, to remember to comply with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act.
Spanberger, Cole introduce bill to reauthorize Pregnancy Assistance Fund
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The federal Pregnancy Assistance Fund helps states provide services for vulnerable soon-to-be mothers – including teens and victims of sexual violence.
Virginia joins suit against Facebook, alleging illegal monopoly
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A bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general has filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. alleging that the company has illegally stifled competition and continues to do so in order to protect its monopoly power.
Virginia is the first state to ban no-knock search warrants in response to Breonna Taylor’s death
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Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday ceremonially signed “Breonna’s Law,” making Virginia the third state in the country to ban the use of no-knock search warrants — and the first to do so since the tragic March death of Breonna Taylor.
Northern Virginia church challenges LGTB anti-discrimination protections in court
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A Loudoun County Baptist church is asking a circuit court to overturn two new state laws providing sweeping LGBT anti-discrimination protections.
Herring critical of Trump administration rule that could hamstring HHS
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HHS, OK, Team Trump, on its way out the door, is trying to automatically sunset healthcare regulations that don’t get reviewed within two years by the incoming Biden administration.
Herring secures $17.5M settlement with Home Depot over data breach
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring has secured a $17.5 million settlement with The Home Depot, resolving a multistate investigation of a 2014 data breach which exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home Depot consumers nationwide.
Judge sides with Northam, Herring, backing capacity limit on Northern Virginia gun show
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A state judge ruled Thursday that a Northern Virginia gun show would have to abide by venue capacity limits set by a Gov. Ralph Northam public health executive order to be able to go on as scheduled.
