
Democrats raise issue with Cuccinelli over trial of top campaign donor
Presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli stood idly by while a former top campaign contributor was pursued in Ohio for alleged donor fraud.

Presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli stood idly by while a former top campaign contributor was pursued in Ohio for alleged donor fraud.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was “pleased” with the move of the Supreme Court of Virginia to issue a Writ of Actual Innocence to Garry Lowell Diamond on Friday. Diamond had already served his prison sentence on convictions for abduction with intent to defile and two counts of abduction. “I was pleased to hear the news…

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner announced on Thursday that he will reintroduce the bipartisan CAMPUS Safety Act, which would consolidate existing federal campus safety programs into a single, National Center for Campus Public Safety, to strengthen training and research initiatives and improve collaboration.

Gov. Bob McDonnell this morning signed important legislation to improve the 2007 law that re-regulated electricity in Virginia. With the governor’s leadership while he was attorney general, the 2007 law adopted a new framework for regulating Virginia’s investor owned utilities, a framework aimed at protecting consumers from rate volatility and incentivizing urgently needed investment in new generation facilities.

The long-unsolved 1967 murders of two employees at the High’s Ice Cream shop in Staunton are featured in the series premiere of “Catch My Killer” on Investigation Discovery Sunday at 9 p.m.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Friday that his office had concluded the investigation of election offense allegations against Patrick Moran without bringing any charges.

Virginia Democrats, their eyes on the November general-election prize, are laying into what presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli had to say about recipients of Social Security and Medicare in an upcoming book.

A Shenandoah Valley Bloods gang leader was sentenced Wednesday to 53 years in prison for felony gang participation, aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm during the commission of the felony, and cocaine possession. He has also been ordered to pay the victim, a 22-year-old Augusta County man, $3,500 in restitution for medical expenses.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli released his legislative agenda for the 2013 General Assembly session on Thursday.

Virginia residents have begun receiving fraudulent calls involving Medicare cards. The State VICAP office at DARS has received at least 10 calls since January 3 from Medicare beneficiaries regarding calls asking them to verify their personal information in order to receive their new Medicare card. Specifically, the callers are asking beneficiaries to verify their bank account and social security numbers as well as their address.
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