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A Henrico County judge has dismissed a legal appeal filed by a company that lost out on a chance to be part of Virginia’s emerging medical cannabis industry. Though most forms of competitive bidding in state government are subject to some public disclosure, the dispensary applications were treated under a medical licensing statute that allows a higher degree of secrecy. After the five winners were announced last September, some applicants complained they received little to no explanation about how their bids had fared.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Metro board chairman Jack Evans acknowledged Wednesday night that he violated the board’s ethics code by failing to disclose a conflict of interest and agreed not to seek reelection as chairman to help settle an investigation into his conduct. Evans’s statement reversed assertions he made Tuesday, when he repeatedly claimed that the board’s ethics committee had cleared him of all violations.
The Washington Post
As Warren County Supervisor Tom Sayre waited Wednesday in the lobby of the Warren County Circuit Court to be called before a special grand jury investigating potential embezzlement at the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority, a defamation suit filed against him by the authority’s former executive director Jennifer McDonald was underway.
The Northern Virginia Daily
A bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators on Tuesday demanded the FBI and National Park Service update them on their review of Bijan Ghaisar’s fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police in 2017. Sens. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, and Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, co-authored the letters, saying the agencies have rebuffed their requests for an update on the case. “The FBI has failed to provide information on this investigation, which has been ongoing since November 2017, to us, our colleagues, or the public. The FBI’s slow pace and lack of transparency are weakening the trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve,” the senators wrote in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
The Washington Times
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