
Housing non-discrimination, employment non-discrimination bills make their way to Senate floor
A Senate committee voted to report bills that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in public employment and in housing.

A Senate committee voted to report bills that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in public employment and in housing.

Attorney General Mark Herring joined in a first-of-its-kind regional meeting to discuss opportunities for collaboration to prevent and reduce gun violence.

Attorney General Mark Herring issued a reminder to consumers about a deadline to file for compensation in a $158 million settlement with Sprint and Verizon.

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

Virginia borrowers who were harmed by mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices of SunTrust will begin receiving checks as part of a settlement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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