
Governor McAuliffe’s restoration of rights policy
The McAuliffe administration shared the following memo on the restoration of voting rights with various state officials today.

The McAuliffe administration shared the following memo on the restoration of voting rights with various state officials today.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Department of Justice’s refusal to combat rampant asylum fraud.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced the launch of a new program to help ensure safe, mutually respectful interactions between Virginia teens and law enforcement.

Stewart Petoe has been selected to serve as executive director of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.

So you’re Bob McDonnell, and you woke up Monday morning as you did every morning the past 21 months, facing the possibility of two years in federal prison.

Republicans are filing suit to halt enforcement of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s order restoring the political rights of more than 206,000 convicted felons.

Gov. McAuliffe vetoed a bill that would have required an award of attorneys’ fees and other costs when a plaintiff wins or settles an inverse condemnation suit.

The General Assembly continues to fail to appoint racially diverse judicial candidates.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring issued a statement on the case of Keith Allen Harward, who has been in prison for a 1982 rape and murder in Newport News.

Attorney General Mark Herring was honored by the Animal Legal Defense Fund for the creation of the nation’s first Attorney General’s Animal Law Unit.
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