Recent NewsOctober 18 - Herring Opposes Rule Changes That Would Harm Fair Housing Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed changes to its Disparate Impact Rule.
Attorney General Mark R. Herring today has joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general in calling on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to extend the timeframe for student loan forgiveness for students enrolled in schools that were operated by Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH) that are now closed.
October 16 - AG Herring Statement on Supreme Court Oral Argument in D.C. Sniper Case Attorney General Mark R. Herring released the following statement on today's oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on efforts by Lee Boyd Malvo to receive a lighter sentence for his murder convictions in Virginia.
October 11 - Herring Wins Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trump/Cuccinelli Attack on Legal Immigrants Attorney General Mark R. Herring has won a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump and Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli’s radical overhaul of the so-called “public charge” rules.
The Commonwealth of Virginia has reached an agreement with Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC that will force the company to submit to court-ordered and court-supervised compliance with environmental protections, impose additional layers of independent, third-party monitoring on the project, and require the payment of a significant $2.15 million civil penalty.
October 9 - Herring Continues Fight for Clean Air and Climate Change Efforts Attorney General Mark Herring is stepping in to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to protect clean air and limit greenhouse gas emissions because of concerns that the Trump Administration may not vigorously defend the authority in pending lawsuits brought by fossil fuel companies.
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