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FCC approves $6.2B takeover of Tysons-based Tegna as Virginia AG sues to block it

Published March 20, 2026 at 8:30AM

Jay Jones is sworn in as Virginia Attorney General by Lyn M. Simmons, chief judge of the Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, on Jan. 17, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday (Thursday) that it has approved local television giant Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion takeover of Tysons-based rival Tegna.

Earlier that same day, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones and his counterparts in seven other states filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento, California, arguing that the merger will illegally reduce competition in journalism and the broadcasting industry while resulting in increased prices and worker layoffs.

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Herndon private school settles lawsuit that alleged antisemitic harassment

By Jared Serre

Published November 18, 2025 at 1:45PM | Updated November 18, 2025 at 3:20PM

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (courtesy Office of the Attorney General)

A Herndon private school has settled a lawsuit with a Jewish family who claimed that the school discriminated against their children due to their religion, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today (Tuesday).

The Nysmith School will provide just shy of $150,000 in monetary relief to the family, in addition to “implementing new policies and procedures” after allegedly expelling three students who complained of antisemitic harassment from their peers, the attorney general said.

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AG Miyares alleges ‘horrific’ pattern of ignoring victims, misconduct by Fairfax prosecutor

By Jared Serre

Published September 26, 2025 at 2:30PM

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks outside of the Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares accused Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano today (Friday) of engaging in one of the “most horrific patterns of both incompetency and ignoring victims” that the Commonwealth has ever seen.

An investigative report released by the attorney general alleges that an “alarming pattern of misconduct” by the prosecutorial office has led victims and their families to feel forgotten and lacking in justice.

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JUST IN: AG Miyares accuses FCPS of anti-Asian discrimination in TJ admissions

By Jared Serre

Published May 21, 2025 at 1:45PM | Updated May 21, 2025 at 3:32PM

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The battle over Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s student admissions policy isn’t quite over after all.

More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court passed on an opportunity to weigh in, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares accused Fairfax County Public Schools today (Wednesday) of “intentional” discrimination against Asian American students applying to the magnet school in Annandale.

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JUST IN: Virginia AG seeks to take over dismissed Fairfax County indecent exposure case

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 11, 2025 at 3:55PM

Fairfax County Courthouse (file photo)

Virginia’s attorney general is apparently seeking to revive a Fairfax indecent exposure case against a person who was subsequently charged with allegedly exposing himself in a girls’ locker room at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington.

In a Feb. 11 letter to Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, Attorney General Jason Miyares accused the county’s top prosecutor of undermining public safety after a case charging Richard Kenneth Cox with indecent exposure at a Planet Fitness in Fairfax City was dismissed last summer.

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Inova settles $2.4M Medicaid fraud case over ‘improperly modified’ claims

By James Jarvis

Published November 18, 2024 at 11:15AM

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus patient drop-off (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Inova has agreed to pay nearly $2.4 million to settle allegations that it falsified Medicaid reimbursement claims tied to sterilization and hysterectomy procedures.

The settlement comes after Inova voluntarily disclosed issues to federal and state authorities, revealing that some Medicaid claims were improperly modified by employees between January and August 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced on Friday (Nov. 15).

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Va. joins 32 states suing Meta over allegations its social media platforms harm youth

By Meghan McIntyre / Virginia Mercury

Published October 25, 2023 at 11:45AM

Meta owns the social media sites Facebook and Instagram (via Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced [on Tuesday] the commonwealth is joining 32 other states in a federal lawsuit against Meta over allegations its social media platforms are purposely harmful to children.

The lawsuit alleges that Meta knew about the extent of the psychological and health harms suffered by young users addicted to its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, but falsely assured the public they are safe and suitable for children and teens.

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Va. attorney general opposes Dulles Greenway toll increase in Northern Virginia

By Nathaniel Cline / Virginia Mercury

Published October 9, 2023 at 3:30PM

The eastern end of the Dulles Greenway near Herndon (via Google Maps)

The Office of the Virginia Attorney General is opposing a private toll road owner’s request for a rate increase.

In July, Toll Road Investors Partnership II, the owner and operator of the 14-mile Dulles Greenway that runs between Leesburg and Washington Dulles International Airport, filed a request with the State Corporation Commission to increase tolls by at least 21%.

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AG Jason Miyares petitions for merit award investigation report, drawing FCPS objection

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 13, 2023 at 10:15AM

Fairfax County Public Schools (file photo)

The unexpectedly long-running saga of Fairfax County Public Schools’ delayed National Merit Scholarship commendation notices has added a new page.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has petitioned the Fairfax County Circuit Court to require FCPS to turn over the full report it commissioned from an outside law firm in January, killing any hopes school officials had that releasing a summary of the review’s findings would resolve the state investigation.

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FCPS: Independent investigation finds no deliberate wrongdoing in merit award notice delays

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 30, 2023 at 9:30AM

Fairfax County Public Schools (file photo)

An independent investigation found no basis to claims that notices of National Merit Scholarship commendations were intentionally withheld from students, Fairfax County Public Schools announced last night (Wednesday).

Conducted by the law firm Sands Anderson, the review confirmed that eight schools didn’t notify students designated as “commended” by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) until after Nov. 1, 2022, but it “found no evidence that this was intentional or reflected any policy decision by FCPS” or any of the individual schools, according to FCPS.