Category: Jason Miyares

Virginia AG Demands Fairfax County Middle School Stop Racial Discrimination Against Students

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter Thursday to a Fairfax County middle school demanding the school stop discriminating against potential 8th-grade applicants for its college preparation program. On March 1, Cooper Middle School sent an email inviting parents of 8th graders to apply for the public school system’s College Partnership Program…


Virginia Attorney General Tackles Threats from Communist China

When Jason Miyares set out to run for attorney general (AG) in Virginia, he said he wanted to give back to the country that gave his family a second chance from communist Cuba. Ten months into his new job as the AG, he has taken on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—the world’s largest communist regime—for…


Attorney General Jason Miyares Combats Communism in Virginia

When Jason Miyares set out to run for attorney general in Virginia, he said he wanted to give back to the country that gave his family a second chance from communist Cuba. Ten months into his new job as the AG, he has taken on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—the world’s largest communist regime—for Virginians…


‘Virginia’s Ronald Reagan’ Is Still Fired Up for America

“The federal government has provoked Virginians and Americans. The federal government has forgotten its limits, and we must exercise our right and duty to change it at the ballot box this fall.” The quote is not from a candidate for this year’s midterms. Instead, former Governor of Virginia George F. Allen made the remarks at…


New Virginia Attorney General Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Virginia’s new Republican attorney general is urging the Supreme Court to overturn its 49-year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade and return the regulation of abortion to the states, as observers await the court’s imminent decision in a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law. Against this backdrop, the Supreme Court has denied requests to stay the…


New Virginia Attorney General Fires Jan. 6 Investigator From University Job

Virginia’s new attorney general has removed two lawyers from university positions, including Timothy Heaphy, who took a leave of absence from his job at the University of Virginia to serve as the chief investigative counsel for the House of Representatives panel investigating the U.S. Capitol breach. Victoria LaCivita, a spokesperson for Republican Attorney General Jason…


Office of Virginia’s New AG Jason Miyares Denies Firing 30 Staff Members Within Hours of Being Sworn In

A spokeswoman for Virginia’s new Attorney General Jason Miyares has denied reports that Miyares fired 30 staff members hours after taking office last week. Miyares was sworn in on Jan. 15, and quickly announced a string of investigations into the Virginia Parole Board and Loudoun County Public Schools, stating that “Virginians deserve answers,” transparency, and accountability in the wake…


Office of Virginia’s New AG Jason Miyares Denies Firing Civil Rights Division Within Hours of Being Sworn In

A spokeswoman for Virginia’s new Attorney General Jason Miyares has denied reports that Miyares fired all staff members of the civil rights division within hours of taking office last week. Miyares was sworn in on Jan. 15, and quickly announced a string of investigations into the Virginia Parole Board and Loudoun County Public Schools, stating that “Virginians…