Former SunTrust mortgage borrowers to begin receiving settlement payments
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Virginia borrowers who were harmed by mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices of SunTrust will begin receiving checks as part of a settlement.
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Virginia joins multistate investigation of Volkswagen
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced that Virginia has joined the executive committee of a multistate investigation into Volkswagen for altering emissions software to produce favorable test results.
Virginia joining multistate task force to combat heroin crisis
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Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that Virginia has joined the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force (NEMA-HTF), a first-of-its kind task force that fosters cross-state collaboration and leverages resources to combat heroin distribution and the associated rise in heroin overdose fatalities.
Speaker Howell, Senate Majority Leader Norment on Governor McAuliffe’s decision to reappoint Justice Roush to the Supreme Court
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Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-James City) issued the following statement Tuesday on Governor McAuliffe’s decision to re-appoint Justice Jane Roush to the Virginia Supreme Court while the General Assembly remains in session.
Poll: Strong support for EPA Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution
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New Public Policy Polling surveys in eight battleground states show great voter concern about climate change and strong support for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan seeking to slash harmful carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent by 2030.
Federal judge rules that Virginia can remove Confederate flag from license plates
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Today in federal district court in Danville, Judge Jackson Kiser ruled from the bench that he will dissolve his 2001 injunction that had allowed the Sons of Confederate Veterans to place the Confederate battle flag on certain specialty license plates in Virginia.
Mark Obenshain: Agriculture under attack?
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I recently attended a regional meeting of the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO) where local county officials and legislators talked about the regional economy and about agriculture being the lifeblood of the Shenandoah Valley region.
Herring urges Congress to preserve authority to protect consumers, personal information
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a bipartisan effort to ensure that Virginia consumers and their personal information are afforded the most protection possible in any future federal legislation dealing with data breach notification or data security.
Virginia helps successfully defend Chesapeake Bay restoration
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Today, a three judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the right of Virginia and other Chesapeake Bay states to work together to protect and restore the Bay.
Warner, Connolly press Education Department on behalf of former Corinthian students
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) contacted U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Monday with questions on behalf of former students of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., a chain of for-profit schools that once operated more than 100 campuses in the U.S. and Canada, including four in Virginia under the Everest College banner – in Chesapeake, Newport News, Vienna, and Woodbridge – that were sold in February.
