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Former Va. ABC employee sues authority, claiming retaliatory termination
A former Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority employee has filed a federal lawsuit against the state authority, alleging his termination last year was in retaliation for reporting alleged harassment and discrimination due to his sexual orientation. Paul Watson, a former ABC senior business analyst who identifies as gay, claims in the lawsuit he was “targeted” […]
On the basis of race
Logan Barry began working as a reporter for The Progress-Index newspaper in Petersburg in 2018, less than a year before a merger placed his paper under the ownership of Tysons-based media conglomerate Gannett. In August, he joined a federal class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia alleging […]
Gold’s Gym franchise owner appeals case to Va. Supreme Court
Seeking the right to reopen his businesses, the owner of nine Gold’s Gym franchises in Virginia has appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which may rule by the end of the week. Late last month, a Culpeper County Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of Gov. Ralph Northam, whom Culpeper business owner Merrill C. […]
