New guidance limits voting disqualifications to murder, manslaughter convictions
Among Virginians who are no longer incarcerated, only those convicted of murder and voluntary or involuntary manslaughter remain disqualified from ...
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Century-old law gives Virginia legislator-lawyers broad power to delay court cases
More than four years after Buchanan County Supervisor Trey Adkins was charged with dozens of felonies, his case has yet ...
Restitution delivered for Virginia families in 6-year housing discrimination case
Damien and Angela Smith and their friends Amanda and Michael Mills said Wednesday they feel a sense of relief at ...
Federal judge blocks new Virginia limits on existing local ICE agreements
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Virginia from enforcing key provisions of a new law restricting cooperation between local law ...
If Va.’s reproductive rights amendment passes, challengers say they’ll fight to overturn it in court
A legal challenge to amend the ballot language for Virginia’s pending reproductive rights constitutional amendment has been in limbo since ...
Virginia to receive $353 million in landmark Meta child-safety settlement
Virginia is set to receive at least $353 million from Meta Platforms Inc. under a major multistate settlement that would ...
Chesapeake Regional may avoid criminal trial, but former OB-GYN Perwaiz’s patients are still suing
By Yiqing Wang/WHRO Federal prosecutors said this week they have reached a tentative deferred prosecution agreement with Chesapeake Regional Medical Center for ...
Federal judge denies hemp entrepreneurs’ request to overturn Virginia’s new THC limit
A federal judge in Roanoke on Friday declined seven Virginia business owners’ request to eliminate a new regulation that removes ...
Judge affirms ruling in favor of former felons in voting rights lawsuit
Despite winning a lawsuit earlier this year that found that certain Virginians with felony convictions should not have lost their ...
Va. school board to appeal federal court order to remove Confederate school names
After more than two hours in the second of two closed sessions, the Shenandoah County School Board voted unanimously 6-0 ...