
Governor McAuliffe’s State of the Commonwealth Address
Gov. Terry McAuliffe delivers the 2016 State of the Commonwealth Address. Remarks as prepared for delivery.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe delivers the 2016 State of the Commonwealth Address. Remarks as prepared for delivery.

President Obama is set to announce executive actions on Tuesday aimed at curbing gun violence. The White House released a fact sheet detailing the actions late Monday.

Governor McAuliffe received final policy recommendations from the Commission on Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced this week that the Commonwealth’s agencies will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy to power the state’s operations.

Jerald Outten, 26, of Portsmouth, was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison for his involvement in a heroin trafficking operation.

Attorney General Mark Herring today announced the addition of a data-driven online component to the statewide anti-human trafficking campaign.

The busy holiday season is here and Dominion Virginia Power wants customers to guard against scammers who are likely working overtime to trick them into making payment over the phone to avoid disconnection of electric service.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring is premiering Heroin: The Hardest Hit, a powerful documentary about the danger of heroin and prescription drugs and their impact on Virginia families and communities.

A statewide workshop focusing on the prevention of sexual assault on college and university campuses – and how to handle it if it does happen – will be held Friday, Nov. 20, at Wintergreen Resort, and will feature presenters from Bridgewater College, the Virginia attorney general’s office, the department of education’s office of civil rights in Washington, D.C., and many others from the educational community.

Something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama administration has announced its new Clean Power Plan. In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants, the administration is implementing new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that raise troubling legal issues.
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