Outgoing Democratic Attorney General says Youngkin cannot use executive order to remove Virginia from RGGI
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The Rundown
We have an update on SD-33 from Dels. Hala Ayala and Jennifer Carroll Foy. They both provide a lot more clarity on their intentions in that open Senate seat.
Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares appointed a director of anti-human trafficking
Outgoing Democratic Attorney General writes in an opinion that Youngkin cannot pull out of RGGI with an executive order
A new poll from VCU shows what Virginians want the General Assembly to focus on this year.
Herring writes in an opinion that Youngkin cannot use executive action to remove Virginia from RGGI
At a chamber event in Hampton Roads last month, Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced that he plans to use an executive order to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Virginia’s outgoing Democratic attorney general says that he cannot do that in an opinion released Tuesday.