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Published February 14, 2025 at 2:15PM | Updated February 14, 2025 at 3:24PM

A community member waves an LGBTQ pride flag at the rally protesting Virginia's model policies on transgender students (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Several Northern Virginia school districts, including Fairfax County Public Schools, are in the crosshairs of the U.S. Department of Education after a conservative legal group filed a complaint challenging their transgender-inclusive bathroom and locker room policies.

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation this week into Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun and Prince William schools in response to the complaint from America First Legal, a nonprofit founded by former Trump advisor Stephen Miller.

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Judge lets lawsuit challenging FCPS policies on gender identity proceed

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 10, 2024 at 1:15PM

A LGBTQ pride flag sticks in a woman's hair at a 2023 rally in support of transgender students outside Luther Jackson Middle School (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A right-wing group’s lawsuit challenging Fairfax County Public Schools policies designed to be inclusive of transgender and other gender non-conforming students will be allowed to move forward.

Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Brett A. Kassabian issued an order last Friday (Dec. 6) mostly overruling an attempt by the Fairfax County School Board to dismiss the civil suit, which argues that policies requiring students to be identified and treated based on their gender identity violate the rights of students who don’t want to follow those policies.

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Toxic gases in Reston Station office building sickened workers, tenant alleges

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 13, 2024 at 8:15AM

The office building at 11400 Commerce Park Drive in Reston (via Google Maps)

Dozens of Kimley-Horn and Associates employees experienced health issues after being exposed to toxic gases in the Reston Station office where they worked, the North Carolina-based engineering firm alleges in a recent court filing.

Kimley-Horn shared the allegations on Nov. 6 in response to a lawsuit filed in October by landlord and Reston Station developer Comstock, which is accusing its tenant of underpaying rent for the three suites it leases at 11400 Commerce Park Drive.

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Reston contractor found liable for role in Abu Ghraib prison abuse

By Associated Press

Published November 12, 2024 at 4:40PM

A courtroom sketch depicts former Abu Ghraib prison detainee Salah Al-Ejaili at the trial of CACI, a Reston-based military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on April 16, 2024. (image by Dana Verkouteren via AP)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.

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Reston contractor on trial over alleged role in Abu Ghraib prison abuse

By Associated Press

Published November 1, 2024 at 9:00AM

A courtroom sketch depicts former Abu Ghraib prison detainee Salah Al-Ejaili at the trial of CACI, a Reston-based military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on April 16, 2024. (image by Dana Verkouteren via AP)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago is again on trial in a federal courtroom after a long-awaited civil case earlier this year ended with a hung jury.

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Supreme Court’s conservative justices allow Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations

By Associated Press

Published October 30, 2024 at 11:00AM

U.S. Supreme Court building (file photo)

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting.

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Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations

By Associated Press

Published October 28, 2024 at 11:15AM

U.S. Supreme Court building (file photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens.

The request comes after a federal appeals court unanimously upheld a federal judge’s order restoring the registrations of those 1,600 voters, whom the judge said were illegally purged from the rolls under an executive order by the state’s Republican governor.

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Virginia ordered to restore 1,600 voter registrations canceled in purge of ‘noncitizens’

By Associated Press

Published October 25, 2024 at 12:30PM

The Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the last two months in an effort to stop noncitizens from voting.

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Comstock sues Reston Station office tenant for allegedly underpaying rent

By Fatimah Waseem

Published October 17, 2024 at 2:30PM

The office building at 11400 Commerce Park Drive in Reston (via Google Maps)

The developer Comstock is suing the engineering firm Kimley-Horn and Associates for allegedly underpaying rent for its Reston Station office.

In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria on Oct. 11, Comstock asserts that its tenant paid only half of the rent that it owes this month for space at 11400 Commerce Park Drive.

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NEW: Fairfax refers possible ‘non-citizen’ voters to prosecutors, as Virginia faces lawsuits

By James Jarvis

Published October 15, 2024 at 3:45PM

Fairfax County voters went to the polls today for the 2023 general election (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County has a new policy that could lead to the prosecution of individuals who were removed from the voter rolls after being identified as possible non-citizens.

The move comes after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a new executive order in August directing the Virginia Department of Elections to update the voter rolls by removing deceased individuals, felons, those deemed mentally incapacitated and non-citizens before the general election on Nov. 5.