Mark Herring

Virginia’s Democratic attorney general is leaving office in two days, but he’s taking a final, dramatic action he hopes will send a message about the commonwealth’s need to confront racist policies of the past. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey explains.

Outgoing Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has reversed more than 50 legal opinions issued by predecessors during the Jim Crow and Massive Resistance eras that justified segregation, interracial marriage bans and other racist laws

Virginia’s attorney general says a small town’s police department has operated in a way that led to discrimination against African Americans and violated their constitutional rights.

Virginia’s attorney general has issued warnings to more than 100 businesses about price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic

Virginia’s attorney general says some voters submitting absentee ballots in the June primary won’t be required to have a witness sign the envelope

A pay discrimination lawsuit has been filed on behalf of about 250 women who worked for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality prior to 2019. The suit was filed Monday by two former and two current employees who said the agency violated the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by paying female employees less than male employees, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported….

Authorities say he is the first person to be charged as part of an initiative to eliminate the backlog of rape kits in Virginia.

Sex assault survivors in Virginia will soon have the power to keep an eye on evidence gathered after an attack.

Sex assault survivors in Virginia will soon have a new way to keep an eye on evidence gathered after an attack. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports an online tracking system will be available, designed to make sure victims stay in the know as testing is conducted on the evidence.

Couples planning to get married in the state will no longer have to disclose their race on their marriage application, Virginia’s attorney general said.

Three couples planning to get married in Virginia have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state requirement that they disclose their race on their marriage application.

After a the Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring shut down a company that claimed to be a charity that sends care packages to U.S. service members overseas, Susan Hogan has tips to ensure your donations go to real and worthy organizations.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says a company has been shut down after it claimed it to be a charity that sent care packages to U.S. service members overseas.

After a the Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring shut down a company that claimed to be a charity that sends care packages to U.S. service members overseas, Susan Hogan has tips to ensure your donations go to real and worthy organizations.

Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats, under a ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is calling for the legalization of marijuana. Herring said Saturday that Virginia should start decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana and eventually legalize the drug.

Virginians voted in primary elections Tuesday. Off-year contests for all 140 seats in the state Legislature could serve as a political barometer for the coming presidential year.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wasted little time getting to Virginia Beach after a gunman killed a dozen people in a city office building, the first major test of his leadership since a blackface scandal almost forced him from office four months ago.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wasted little time getting to Virginia Beach after a gunman killed a dozen people in a city office building, the first major test of his leadership since a blackface scandal almost forced him from office four months ago.

The service dog industry — particularly in the field of “psychiatric” service dogs for people with autism and post-traumatic stress disorder — has exploded in recent years. But a near complete absence of regulation and oversight has left needy, desperate families vulnerable to incompetence and fraud. “It is a lawless area. The Wild West,” says David Favre, a law professor...