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After 12 years as commonwealth’s attorney, Harvey Bryant says he will leave office at the end of next year when his term expires. Bryant tells The Virginian-Pilot he will support his second-in-command, Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin Stolle, in the election next year. Bryant, 66, said he decided this past fall that he would retire [...]

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SALEM – The renovated childhood home of famed civil rights pioneer Oliver Hill will be active once again with a new plan for mentoring and tutoring of Roanoke school students. Big Brothers Big Sisters is partnering with the Roanoke City Schools and the Oliver Hill Foundation to launch an after-school mentoring program at the house [...]

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The fields are shrinking as nomination season approaches for the 2013 state attorney general election. Fairfax Circuit Court Clerk John T. Frey has removed his name from contention for the Republican nomination for AG, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch. The move leaves two state legislators vying for the GOP nomination: Del. Robert B. Bell, [...]

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Virginia voters decided three contested commonwealth’s attorney special elections yesterday, and all three were won by women. In two cases, male incumbents were defeated. Megan Revis Frederick defeated incumbent Paul Walther for the Culpeper County prosecutor’s job. Walther had worked in the commonwealth’s attorney’s office since 1994, reports The Free Lance-Star. The election was marked [...]

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While the General Assembly considers stripping some law enforcement revenue from local governments, the battle over speeding ticket revenue came to a head in a Hopewell courtroom Thursday. City prosecutor Rick Newman moved to turn all the city’s local speeding charges into state charges, denying the city about $2 million in annual revenue. A judge [...]

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Just in time for holiday giving, here’s an opportunity to buy a unique piece of Virginia legal history. Carved wooden gargoyles, formerly displayed on the Lynchburg courthouse, will be on sale on eBay until next Saturday, Dec. 17. There are five different gargoyles available and they are being auctioned separately. Each one resembles a lion’s [...]

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Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, has announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 2013. He joins Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, who late last week was poised to join the race, advising supporters that he was exploring a bid. Both announcements follow Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s decision to run for governor, rather [...]

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With Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli making it official that he will run for governor in 2013 and not another term as AG, Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, has announced he is “exploring” a run for the office. The conservative blog “Bearing Drift” this morning published an advance copy of a letter that Obenshain will be mailing [...]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli told staffers Thursday he plans to run for governor, setting up a likely primary showdown with Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. The Washington Post obtained a copy of an email sent by Cuccinelli to members of his staff Thursday afternoon. “[A]as the rumors swirl, I find it necessary to put them [...]

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Encased in scaffolding for its latest round of roof repairs, the 106-year-old Louisa County courthouse came through Tuesday’s earthquake with no significant damage, reports circuit court Clerk Susan Hopkins. Other than some plaster cracks in the courtroom, “everything here is fine,” she reports. The 5.8-magnitude quake was centered just 7 miles from Louisa. Only a [...]

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