Recent NewsOctober 22 - Herring Calls for Reforms to Virginia’s Cash Bail System Attorney General Mark R. Herring today called for reforms to Virginia’s cash bail system, citing potential policy and constitutional concerns and the availability of alternatives that can keep communities safe and ensure defendants show up for court without simply penalizing and jailing low-income Virginians because of the inability to come up with hundreds or thousands of dollars to post bail.
Gregory Taylor, 44, of Fort Washington, Maryland, was sentenced today to serve twelve years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering and conspiracy to distribute more than 1 kilogram of heroin for his role in a large, interstate heroin trafficking ring centered in and around Alexandria.
October 16 - Herring Protects Virginia Student Loan Borrowers Attorney General Mark R. Herring today announced that a federal judge rejected a challenge to the Borrower Defense Rule, ordering its immediate implementation for students nationwide.
October 16 - Herring Opposes Trump Administration’s Suspension of Fair Housing Rule Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the Trump Administration urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) to reverse its efforts to delay and dismantle critical fair housing regulations.
October 10 - Herring and DEQ Announce Suit over Environmental Damages and Violations at Fones Cliffs Attorney General Mark R. Herring and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Virginia True Corporation for its significant and repeated environmental violations at its development project near Fones Cliffs in Richmond County.
October 10 - Herring Fights to Stop Illegal Robocalls and Spoofing that Plague Consumers Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission to create new rules to allow telephone service providers to block more illegal robocalls being made to unsuspecting consumers in Virginia and across the country.
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