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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit announced new local rules for judicial conduct and judicial disability on April 13. The new rules, effective May 31 “subject to revision in light of any comments received,” make clear how ...

A proposed amendment to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia would allow attorneys who practice from an office located in a foreign country to practice in Virginia without taking the Virginia bar exam. The proposal would amend Rule ...

In many school shootings, the person who pulled the trigger — often a current or former student — is the only one blamed for the crime. But the arrest last week of a mother, whose 6-year-old son shot his teacher, and ...

Donations from business executives, attorneys and corporate interests ranging from real estate to finance helped power Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's main fundraising arm to a record-breaking nearly $2.7 million haul in the year's first quarter, campaign finance records filed this week show.

A grand jury has refused to indict a former northern Virginia police officer after he fatally shot an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall in February. Authorities presented the case to a grand jury for an indictment against ...

The Virginia Department of Elections disclosed April 14 that over a month ago it “inadvertently” shared the state’s registered voter list, which contains personal identifying information, with an unnamed individual. The person with whom the file was shared March 6 ...

State regulators on April 14 approved Dominion Energy Virginia’s development plans for a set of new solar and energy storage resources. In a written order, the State Corporation Commission signed off on nine solar projects and an energy storage project that ...

The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said April 14, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect ...

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has been formally arrested on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun, police announced Thursday.

 The politically divided Virginia General Assembly worked through Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s scores of proposed amendments to legislation during a one-day session Wednesday, approving most of his suggestions on matters ranging from intoxicating hemp products to energy policy.