The former federal prosecutor says the state’s No. 2 can drive political priorities.
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The Sunni Islamist group recently took control of Damascus, ending the Assad family's reign.
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Board discussed police being involved in mental health situations, new funding and training.
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State lawmakers this week heard a long-awaited report about the impact of data centers. Virginia has become a global hub for the industry.
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Much of the money was reclaimed from unfinished previous projects.
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Virginia and its Chesapeake Bay Watershed neighbors to revisit cleanup goals.
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Saunders will exit before Mayor-elect Danny Avula takes helm on Jan. 1.
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Since taking the helm more than 100 days ago, Patel has yet to shutter the FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum as he once said he would, but he has begun trying to remake the bureau.
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The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages. Economists warn that could make for less accurate cost-of-living measures.
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U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.
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The majority opinion in each case was written by one of the court's liberals, proving that liberals too can rule for religion, for gun manufacturers, and for a woman claiming she was discriminated against on the job for being straight.
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The Court dismissed Mexico's claim that U.S. gun manufacturers aided and abetted the pipeline of weapons from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels.