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Bonneville Elementary School parents and students gather during a block party supporting trans and non-binary students and staff on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Utah will become the latest state to implement a transgender ban for school bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings when the law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature takes effect. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

16 red states ask Supreme Court to rule on parental rights, gender identity at school

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A Tennessee cheerleader runs with a flag before an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee has been in contact with NCAA investigators and a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, the inquiry is into potential rules violations related to name, image and likeness compensation for multiple athletes.(AP Photo/Wade Payne, File) **FILE**

Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

A victim lies under a sheet as Metropolitan Police Department officers investigate the shooting scene in front of Stewart Funeral Home, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Washington. Police say a man was killed and three others were critically injured in a shooting outside of a funeral for a homicide victim in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

D.C.’s ‘spirit of lawlessness’ scaring away visitors, commuters, Virginia AG warns

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sits for a portrait in his office, May 9, 2023, in Richmond, Va. In a nonbinding legal analysis released Thursday, Aug. 24, Miyares said that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's new model policies for the treatment of transgender students are in line with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and school boards must follow their guidance. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File) **FILE**

Virginia school boards must adhere to Gov. Youngkin’s new policies on transgender students, AG says

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks during an interview at the Office of the Attorney General in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly)

Republican Virginia Attorney General Miyares defends staying out of abortion pill case

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Virginia attorney general-elect Jason Miyares enters the room to address a the media inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia AG rips Justice Department over failure to guard Supreme Court justices at home

By Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces transformational behavior health care plan at Parham Doctors' Hospital in Henrico, Va., on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Youngkin seeks probe of delayed awards at Thomas Jefferson High School

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

Loudoun County Public Schools buses. (Sabira Dewji via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Grand jury: Loudoun County Schools ‘failed’ in response to on-campus sex assaults by boy in skirt

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Jason Miyares speaks during a press conference inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. The Virginia attorney general is advocating for Congress to get involved in how “copycat” marijuana edibles are packaged in order to stop a trend of accidental consumption of the products by children.(Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Virginia AG Jason Miyares wants Congress to act on ‘copycat’ marijuana edibles

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Virginia attorney general-elect Jason Miyares speaks during a press conference inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia AG Jason Miyares promises legal action against church protesters who violate law

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Virginia attorney general-elect Jason Miyares speaks during a press conference inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia AG ends effort to prosecute Park Police officers

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks to the crowd during an inaugural celebration on Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, FIle)

Virginia’s AG Miyares rejects blanket dismissals of failure to pay child support prosecutions

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks to the crowd during an inaugural celebration Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Va. A legal opinion issued by Virginia's new attorney general says state colleges and universities cannot require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Miyares found that because the state legislature has not passed legislation specifically mandating coronavirus vaccines for students, the colleges and universities don’t have the authority to require them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia AG: State colleges can’t mandate COVID-19 vaccines

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Virginia Attorney general Jason Miyares gestures as he is introduced in the Senate gallery at the Capitol Monday Jan. 17, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia’s new AG Jason Miyares fires two lawyers for universities

Associated Press

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin visits Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and speaks with reporters after signing an executive order regarding healthcare workers Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in Roanoke, Va. (Scott P. Yates/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Virginia governor seeks dismissal of suit over school masks

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Virginia Gov.-elect, Glenn Youngkin waves to the crowd prior to the start of an NCAA college football game Saturday Nov 27, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

New GOP leaders say Virginia to join vax mandate challenges

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, center, speaks with running mates, attorney general candidate, Jason Miyares, left, and lieutenant governor candidate Winsome Sears, right, as they walk from a rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Youngkin will face Democrat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in the November election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Historic wins in Virginia illuminate growing diversity in Republican ranks

By Mica Soellner and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Then-acting Deputy Secretary of the Homeland Security Department Ken Cuccinelli signed the agreements in the final weeks of the Trump administration. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Cuccinelli hits Herring for taking Va. in ‘bad direction’ on crime

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Del. Jason Miyares, R-VA Beach, listens to debate during the floor session of the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. The Republican Party of Virginia announced late Sunday, May 9, 2021, that state Miyares has won its nomination for attorney general, as the party works to tabulate the votes for several state offices cast by tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Republican Miyares running as the tough-on-crime attorney general candidate in Va.

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times