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Jason Miyares

Editorial: Don’t play any games, FCPS employees

First there was one. Then two, then a few more, then a few more after that. Nope, we’re not talking about all the places Joe Biden left classified documents (although that fits, as well). Instead, we’re talking about all the...

Editorial: Now it’s FCPS’s turn Under the Miyares microscope

Having bagged themselves a superintendent out in Loudoun County to end 2022, Gov. Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares appear ready to go hunting even bigger quarry. Youngkin on Jan. 3 called for Miyares to investigate allegations that information about...

Attorney general preps investigation of FCPS’s Thomas Jefferson

Following up on a request yesterday from Gov. Youngkin, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that his Office of Civil Rights will be investigating Fairfax County Public Schools and the administration of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science...

Editorial: A superintendent gets the heave-ho

It wasn’t all that long ago that a majority of members on the School Board in neighboring Loudoun County thought Superintendent Scott Ziegler was doing such a fantastic job that they bestowed a $30,000-a-year raise on the $300,000-a-year superintendent. They...

Arlington to get its share from Va. opioid settlement

It’s not a princely sum, but cash is cash and the Arlington County government is set to receive its share of a new payment based on a legal settlement with a number of opioid distributors. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares...

School system mulls how far it will press masking issue

Exactly how hard Arlington school leaders plan to push back against a new state law mandating mask freedom in public schools remains to be seen, but it doesn’t appear the school system plans to acquiesce happily. The new state law...

Attorney general expects school systems to fully comply with new mask law

School-system leaders in Northern Virginia and across the commonwealth considering defiance against a new state law on student masking can expect a swift response from the commonwealth’s chief legal enforcer. “We’re going to sit back, we’re going to observe,” state...

Editor’s Notebook: When you send in Stamos, you mean business

I can see how the leadership structure in Loudoun County, particularly its school district, would be unnerved by the investigation launched by new Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares over the handling of sexual-assault cases in the school system. A number...

After Richmond shift, Va. boosters of ERA back in defensive position

The president of the Virginia affiliate of the League of Women Voters is calling on new Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares to continue the position of his predecessor and support a lawsuit calling for inclusion of the Equal Rights...

Editor’s Notebook: A thumb in the eye, indeed!

If you doubt me, there are those who can confirm it: I predicted not long after Jason Miyares was elected Virginia's next attorney general that he might find a place for former Arlington/Falls Church Commonwealth's Attorney Theo Stamos in...
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New School Board member receives liaison assignments

New Arlington School Board member Bethany Sutton has her assignments. School Board members on Feb. 2 are expected to approve...
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