All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 16 2022 // Last year, Virginia lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology, barring local police departments and campus police from purchasing or using the technology...
Mar 14 2022 // A federal judge has again ruled against a northern Virginia school system that he found guilty of discriminating against Asian American students when it overhauled its admissions policies at a highly selective high...
Mar 4 2022 // Element Risk Management has acquired Ross Insurance, a personal and commercial lines agency located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Ross Insurance was founded in 1960 by Bill Ross...
Mar 3 2022 // Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has issued his first veto, blocking a measure that would have allowed Arlington County’s governing board to hire an independent policing auditor.The Republican governor announced the move...
Feb 28 2022 // A federal judge ruled Friday that a Virginia school system illegally discriminated against Asian Americans when it overhauled the admissions policies at an elite public school.The ruling from U.S. District Judge Claude...
Feb 24 2022 // A lawyer’s email and voice mail were enough to settle a claim dispute and bar further litigation, despite a petitioner’s contention that thousands of dollars in damages were left unrepaired, the West Virginia...
Feb 23 2022 // A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to...
Feb 14 2022 // New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its “22 for 22 Report,” in January, which imparts a definitive air of optimism mixed with few cautions for the industry posed by...
Feb 10 2022 // The sun was shining when Kim Williams hopped in her Honda Odyssey to visit a friend at a nursing home. But an unexpected downpour on the drive back left her trapped in a maze of flooded streets.Williams made turn after...
Feb 7 2022 // Marsh McLennan, Affinity AgencyAssociation Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of Marsh...
Jan 25 2022 // Pennsylvania-based Element Risk Management has acquired two Pennsylvania insurance agencies and another in Virginia,The Pennsylvania agencies are W.S. Hoffman Insurance located in Phoenixville, and L&B Insurance and...
Jan 24 2022 // The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would create a mutual insurance company dedicated to coal mine reclamation costs.Senate Bill 1, backed by Senate President Craig Blair, would help the state avoid what Blair...
Jan 11 2022 // Virginia has increased the liability insurance coverage required for vehicles in Virginia.The new law applies to vehicle insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022. On January 1, 2025, requirements...
Jan 6 2022 // A winter storm that started as rain – meaning roads couldn’t be pretreated – followed by an unusually heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures resulted in the stranding of hundreds of motorists along a stretch of...
Jan 5 2022 // Road crews were finally able to clear snow and accidents enough to clear what some officials called an “unprecedented” number of stranded motorists along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia. Both...
Dec 30 2021 // A retired priest who once oversaw the safety of children in a Catholic diocese in the Washington suburbs has been charged with sexually assaulting a child, Virginia’s attorney general announced Tuesday.A Fairfax...
Dec 10 2021 // Two conservation organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Henrico County in Virginia, alleging the county allowed tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage to seep into the James River and its tributaries over...
Dec 9 2021 // Two people suffered life-threatening injuries and dozens of people have been displaced after a fire broke out at a Herndon apartment building, Fairfax County fire officials said.Firefighters responded to the apartments on...
Dec 1 2021 // Virginia’s largest school district has reached a settlement with parents and advocacy groups over the treatment of students with disabilities.The Washington Post reported that the settlement effectively ends more...
Nov 17 2021 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier’s litigation in California, a move that could affect other opioid-related...