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Press Release: VA AG Miyares Sues Biden Administration for Threatening to Withdraw School Nutrition Assistance
RICHMOND, VA – Attorney General Jason Miyares joined 22 attorneys general in a lawsuit filed today against the Biden Administration's new regulatory guidance on sex discrimination...
Syndicated Author Jul 28, 2022

Virginia AG Miyares to Sue US Agency Over LGBTQ School Guidance
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden's administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibi...
Syndicated Author Jul 27, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Governor Hogan Announces $10 Million in Grant Awards to Combat Opioid Epidemic
ANNAPOLIS, MD-Tuesday, Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland's Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) announced $10 million in block and competitive grant awards to help support programs around the stat...
Syndicated Author Jul 27, 2022

Press Release: Governor Youngkin Donates His Second-Quarter Salary to Virginia Veterans Services Foundation
RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that he will donate his second-quarter salary to the Virginia Veterans Services Foundation, an organization dedicated to...
Syndicated Author Jul 27, 2022

Officials Confirm One of Two U.S. Pediatric Cases of Monkeypox is in D.C.
WASHINGTON (WMAL/AP) - Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday.One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is not a U.S. resident but w...
Syndicated Author Jul 26, 2022

Trump and Pence Back in Washington for Rival Speeches
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is returning to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office, delivering a speech hours after his Vice President Mike Pence, ...
Syndicated Author Jul 26, 2022

Police: Officer, Driver Fleeing Crash Hurt in Alley Shootout
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia police officer and a driver who fled a crash were wounded in a shootout in an alley early Monday, police said.Around 3:30 a.m., officers saw a vehicle traveling at a hi...
Syndicated Author Jul 25, 2022

About 2,500 Boeing Workers to Strike After Rejecting Deal
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go on strike next month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted Sunday to reject a contract offer from the plane mak...
Syndicated Author Jul 25, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Largest Unemployment Rate Drop in a Year
RICHMOND, VA – This weekend, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the number of employed Virginians expanded to more than 4.2 million workers in June 2022. Virginia has added nearly 94,000 employed...
Syndicated Author Jul 25, 2022

Court Upholds Dismissal of Virginia Redistricting Lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a ruling by a lower court that dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force members of the state's Republican-controlled House of Delegates to face...
Syndicated Author Jul 25, 2022
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