Mark Herring

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface when they were young. But does their history of fighting racism counter the mistakes they made?

Roem tweeted she was proud of the board for “unanimously voting to include gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy, so every student and faculty member knows they’re welcomed.”

The opinion reverses one issued in 2002 by a Republican predecessor who said public schools could not extend such protection without the General Assembly’s permission.

RICHMOND, Va. — In an emotional ceremony in front of the John Marshall Courthouse in downtown Richmond, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring renewed the vows of two of the plaintiffs who successfully challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “This is the outcome we have hoped for,” said Herring, who stated just days after taking office …

RICHMOND, Va. — The GOP-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday approved a resolution that includes language that would allow the branch to hire legal counsel to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, something Attorney General Mark Herring has chosen not to do.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, giving the high court its third such case to choose from when justices return in October. Herring, who declined to defend the ban in federal court and who said he supports the lower court’s decision …

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said Tuesday he would ask the Supreme Court to review a decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, although he supports the lower court’s decision. The Democrat has chosen not to defend the state’s law, but has also asked for 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay its decision …

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Republican Del. Bob Marshall says it’s his duty to try and pursue impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Mark Herring. Marshall, who co-authored the state’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, criticized Herring’s backing of a constitutional provision barring gay marriage in Virginia.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s attorney general has told an appellate court reviewing a judge’s ruling that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional that gays and lesbians have just as much right to marry as interracial and heterosexual couples.

NORFOLK, Va. — The day after a federal judge struck down Virginia’s gay-marriage ban, state Attorney General Mark Herring wasn’t vowing to appeal or insisting his state’s law was sound.