Category Archives: Local News

Nonprofit Sues Over Baltimore Police Records Requests

Posted on July 5, 2022

A lawsuit recently filed by a Baltimore nonprofit alleges the city department that handles police records is improperly shielding police misconduct documents.… Read more

VEC to Resume Trying to Collect About $860M in Overpayments

Posted on July 5, 2022

The Virginia Employment Commission is resuming efforts to collect what it says is nearly $860 million in overpayments that went to hundreds of thousands of out-of-work residents.… Read more

Maryland Law Expanding Who Can Perfom Abortion Takes Effect

Posted on July 5, 2022

A Maryland law taking effect Friday will enable nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants who receive special training to perform abortions, as some states seek to expand access to the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.… Read more

New Virginia Law Stops Early Inmate Releases, Angering Families

Posted on July 5, 2022

Christopher Ford was a baby when his father was sentenced to 28 years in prison for participating in a murder-for-hire scheme that led to the killings of two people at a car dealership.… Read more

Record Low Number Prompt Limits on Chesapeake Bay Crabbing

Posted on July 1, 2022

New restrictions on crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay will take effect this year after the blue crab count plummeted to its lowest level since surveys began in 1990.… Read more

Marijuana, Facial Recognition, Other Laws Take Effect July 1

Posted on July 1, 2022

Most of the legislation passed earlier this year by the divided Virginia General Assembly and signed into law by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin will take effect Friday.… Read more

Fairfax County Schools Face Judgement in Two Federal Sex Assault Lawsuits

Posted on July 1, 2022

A pair of lawsuits that for years has plagued Virginia’s largest school system with allegations that it ignored students’ accusations of sex assaults are back in front of federal judges.… Read more