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(AP) Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements. The new model policies from the Virginia Department ...

(AP) Virginia has denied parole to convicted sniper killer Lee Boyd Malvo, ruling that he is still a risk to the community two decades after he and his partner terrorized the Washington, D.C., region with a series of random shootings. ...

(AP) The Libertarian Party of Virginia has voted to dissolve itself amid disagreements with the party’s national direction, but some are questioning whether the vote was legitimate. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the vote was taken during a virtual board meeting on ...

(AP) A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt was sentenced on Sept. 15 to 75 days of imprisonment. Robert Keith Packer, 57, declined to address U.S. District Judge ...

FAIRFAX (AP) Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors has voted to change the name of two major highways recognizing Confederate generals. The 9-1 vote Sept. 13 would change the name of Lee Highway in the county to Route 29 and Lee-Jackson ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Five doctors pleaded guilty in a pain pill prescription scheme involving clinics in West Virginia and Virginia, federal prosecutors said Sept. 12. The scheme was tied to the Hope Clinic and involved prescribing oxycodone and other controlled ...

(AP) Virginia lawmakers elected a handful of local judges Sept. 7 but failed yet again to fill a vacancy on the powerful State Corporation Commission, which regulates a wide range of business interests. The lack of action during the politically ...

LAWRENCEVILLE (AP) Prison officials in Virginia on Sept. 7 completed the transfer of more than 200 inmates from the Lawrenceville Correctional Center to prepare for a multi-year renovation project at the medium-security penitentiary. The inmates are being transferred to state ...

(AP) Mark Keam, a long-serving Democratic member of the House of Delegates from Northern Virginia, has resigned his seat, a move that will set up a special election to fill the vacancy in the blue-leaning district. An attorney who was ...

FAIRFAX (AP) Two candidates for the Fairfax County School Board have dropped out of the race after they were captured on video laughing at a student with autism who sang the national anthem at a meeting. The Washington Post reports ...