By Alissa Smith
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Free health clinics around the state could loose the ability to serve 50,000 patients if the nonprofit’s state funding is cut.
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Cuccinelli says he’s just doing his job as attorney general
December 29, 2010
By Stephen Groves
Critics of Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli accuse him of taking the role of attorney general to new levels of activism, but he says he’s just doing his job.
After Cuccinelli’s name made national headlines last week with the first successful assault on health insurance mandates, many see him as an activist attorney general bent on a conservative agenda. And while the cases he tries and his interpretation of the law certainly make conservatives smile, Cuccinelli says he is not doing anything outside the bounds of attorney general.
Federal judge to rule on health insurance mandate by year’s end
October 25, 2010
By Stephen Groves
The new federal health care reform law faced a major test on Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, as lawyers for Virginia argued against its constitutionality.
Judge Henry E. Hudson said he would have a decision by the end of the year, but acknowledged, “As you well know, this is only one brief stop on the way to the United States Supreme Court.”
State collects over 5,000 pounds of prescription drugs
October 04, 2010
By Stephen Groves
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-
Authorities received 5,182 pounds of unwanted or expired prescription drugs in their first “Drug Take-Back Day."
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli reported that he and law enforcement officials sponsored the drug-collection day on Saturday as way to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse and safe disposal.
Cuccinelli gives his thoughts on progress of health care lawsuit
September 29, 2010
By Stephen Groves
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Monday offered his thoughts on the federal government’s argument on health care reform, saying the state's current case could decide the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
In an email to supporters, the attorney general gives an update of where Virginia’s lawsuit against the federal government for mandated health insurance stands — in the midst of a summary judgment in the U.S. District Court in Richmond. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson will hold a hearing on Oct. 18 for both sides to make their oral arguments.
Judge rules against Cuccinelli’s climate change fraud case
September 01, 2010
By Stephen Groves
A Virginia judge on Monday ruled that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli failed to prove why his investigation should be given the documents of former University of Virginia professor and climate change scientist Michael Mann.
Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. ruled against Cuccinelli’s “civil-investigative demands” because the attorney general did not clearly state what Mann did that was false or fraudulent.
Cuccinelli’s office plans to file appeal for botched JMU case
August 27, 2010
By Stephen Groves
Even lawyers make mistakes. But whether or not attorneys from the Commonwealth representing James Madison University get a second chance remains to be seen.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office is petitioning the New York Supreme Court to null a default judgment in favor of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, suing JMU and the Commonwealth over the departure of a basketball coach.
Cuccinelli’s hard-line stand making headlines
August 26, 2010
By Stephen Groves
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is a busy man these days.
Between making appearances on national media outlets and managing the Commonwealth’s 300 employee law firm, the attorney general is raising the temperature on many of today’s hot issues. Since taking office this year, he has attacked climate change science, illegal immigration, federal health care legislation, abortion, and now Craigslist.
Fate of Virginia’s illegal immigrants remains unclear
August 10, 2010
By Stephen Groves
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II put the spotlight on Virginia in the illegal immigration debate by opining that Virginia law enforcement officers should take an active role in inquiring into the status of suspected illegal immigrants.
But what a police officer should do if an illegal immigrant is found remains unclear.
AG Ken Cuccinelli defends lawsuit against federal health care law
July 01, 2010
By Stephen Groves
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli today fought to keep alive his lawsuit against the federal government for requiring people to buy health insurance as part of the new federal health care reform.
Cuccinelli’s attorneys argued against the federal government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit before U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson in Richmond. The judge said he would make his decision within 30 days. If the case is not dismissed, Hudson will hear the case on Oct. 18.
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