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Democrat Jay Jones wins race to be Virginia attorney general despite texts endorsing violence
Democrat Jay Jones wins Virginia attorney general race despite backlash over violent 2022 texts, defeating GOP incumbent Jason Miyares.
Youngkin-Senate university dispute heard by Virginia Supreme Court
The ongoing battle between the governor and Virginia Senate Democrats over university board control continued Thursday in the confines of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Miyares, Jones clash in Virginia attorney general debate
Jason Miyares and Jay Jones sparred in Virginia’s attorney general debate, with Jones’ 2022 texts on political violence in focus.
Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones under fire for texts
Jay Jones, Jason Miyares, Virginia attorney general race, Virginia politics, election 2025, political controversy, campaign scandal
Virginia AG sues Zillow, Redfin over $100M agreement not to compete
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares filed an antitrust lawsuit against real estate website Zillow and Redfin.
Virginia Democrats reject more Youngkin university board appointees
Three high-ranking Senate Democrats have sent a letter to the governor asking him to suspend future board appointments until he discusses them with Senate leadership.
Virginia AG’s office appeals university board block
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has appealed last month's ruling that stopped three Virginia public universities from recognizing eight gubernatorial board of visitors appointees.
Flood insurance costs rise with newer risk rating
FEMA manages the National Flood Insurance Program, or NFIP, which supplies flood insurance to the public and businesses through a network of insurance providers. The agency began implementing a rating standard known as Risk Rating 2.0 in October 2021. Critics think the new rating drove up prices.
VCU Health resumes gender-affirming care for existing patients, following U.Va. decision
VCU Health and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU announced Tuesday that the system will resume gender-affirming medical treatments for people under 19 if they are existing patients, but the system will not offer gender-affirming surgeries or medically treat new young patients. VCU Health and UVA Health suspended all gender-affirming medical care for patients […]
UVA Health resumes gender-affirming care after federal judge’s order
Updated Feb. 15 A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order that suspended President Donald Trump‘s Jan. 28 executive order banning gender-affirming medical care for people under the age of 19, impacting patients and hospitals across the country, including in Virginia. Trump’s original order — as well as Virginia Attorney Gen. […]
Government | Politics 2023: JASON MIYARES
Miyares, whose mother fled communist Cuba in the 1960s for the United States, is the first Hispanic person elected to statewide office in Virginia. He became the state’s attorney general in 2022 after representing part of Virginia Beach in the House of Delegates for six years. Since assuming office from a two-term Democratic AG, Republican […]
Is ESG another CRT?
In January, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a group of 24 other state attorneys general in challenging a U.S. Department of Labor rule allowing fiduciaries to consider environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria such as climate change in making investment decisions for retirement funds. The AGs argued that ESG practices work against investment […]
