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Since their wipeout in the 2021 election cycle, Virginia Democrats’ one remaining hold on state government has been in the General Assembly’s upper chamber. The narrow Senate Democratic majority prides itself on being a “brick wall” against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s agenda. Operatives from both ...

Two Republican state legislators in Virginia who were endorsed by GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin won their party’s May 6 nominating contests for a state Senate seat, according to results provided by the party. Incumbent Sen. Bryce Reeves won the Republican ...

An Alexandria-based legal organization is currently in search of mentors to participate in a bar prep mentor program for the July bar exam. The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, or CLEO, will be accepting applications for mentors until May 12. ...

A U.S. Army soldier won’t get a new trial for his lawsuit against two police officers after he was pepper- sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop in rural Virginia, a federal judge has ruled. Video of the incident in the ...

A Republican megadonor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose the payments, a lawyer who has represented Thomas and his wife acknowledged May 4. The revelation of tuition payments ...

Two men escaped from a jail in Virginia over the weekend, including one charged in the killing of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy last year. Alder Marin-Sotelo, 26, escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia around 1 a.m. on ...

A federal judge on April 28 rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s antitrust case against it. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled the lawsuit alleging Google wields monopolistic power in the world of online advertising can ...

The Case Management/Electronic Case Files System for the Eastern District of Virginia Bankruptcy Court will undergo scheduled maintenance on Saturday, April 29. According to an April 27 bulletin from the court, the CM/ECF System will go down for scheduled maintenance ...

The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured ...

Several new members have been elected to the Virginia State Bar Council, an 81-person body consisting of 65 lawyers, nine at-large members, four conference chairs and three officers. Twenty-two new members are set to begin their terms on July 1, ...