
Herring joins coalition to curb climate change
Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined attorneys general from across the nation to announce an effort combating climate change.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined attorneys general from across the nation to announce an effort combating climate change.

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello have presented the 2016 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals.

Virginia has joined in a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to protect women’s access to contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The Florida Legislature has passed legislation to call for an Article V convention exclusive to the subject of putting term limits on Congress.

Sen. Mark Warner is a cosponsor of the Fairness and Independence in Redistricting (FAIR) Act to take partisanship out of the congressional redistricting process.

The Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center has selected Cornell University President Elizabeth Garrett to receive the University of Virginia’s 2016 Distinguished Alumna Award.

Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter issued the following statement in response to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s 2016-2018 proposed budget.

In 2015 the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation joined several legal cases in support of the organization’s policy positions.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced that the Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act, excluding payments from state eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining federal benefits.

The University of Virginia announced Friday that Risa L. Goluboff has been selected as the 12th dean of the School of Law. The appointment is effective July 1.