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Virginia AG Jason Miyares concerned that changes to sentencing reductions pose public safety risk

(The Center Square) Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is concerned that some changes to his state’s sentencing program could jeopardize public safety. Currently, more than 7,000 “violent criminals” are eligible for reductions. On July 1, inmates who have committed both violent and nonviolent crimes became eligible for significant reductions in their sentences for the nonviolent […]

Virginia’s Youngkin, Miyares strike back at California electric vehicle mandate: ‘Declaring independence’

Virginia will no longer follow California’s electric vehicle regulations starting next year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Wednesday. “Virginia is once again declaring its independence, this time from a misguided electric vehicle mandate imposed by unelected leaders nearly 3,000 miles away from our state,” Youngkin said in a statement. Youngkin has opposed green energy mandates […]