âTHIS has to stop!!â Chase posted.
Hughes said sheâs received a handful of emails and calls complaining about her new policy.
Approximately 82 percent of Hughesâ staff is vaccinated or going through the process. Those who received exemptions or accommodations will wear masks in the office.
âIâll bend over backwards to help them get to a place where we can retain them,â Hughes explained.
Termination is a last resort, she said.
âI donât want to lose a single person,â Hughes stated.
A Chesterfield County spokesperson said in a statement that the county cannot require Commissioner Hughes to change her vaccination policy.
Chesterfield Moves To Depopulate Riverside Jail
Sheriff Karl Leonard addresses the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors on his plan to move Chesterfield people incarcerated at Riverside Regional Jail to other facilities. (Photo: Lyndon German/VPM News)
Lyndon German contributed to this report.
Chesterfield County Sheriff Karl Leonard announced that he’s moving incarcerated people out of the Riverside Regional Jail, which was investigated after a series of deaths in 2019 and 2020.
In April, a committee of Virginia’s Board of Local and Regional Jails recommended finding it responsible for the deaths of three people being held there in 2019 and 2020, as well as decertifying the facility, effectively shuttering it.
Four candidates vying for Republican nomination in race for Virginia’s Attorney General
GOP convention is May 8
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The countdown to the May 8 Virginia GOP convention continues, and one of the major races is for attorney general.
10 News asked about their top priorities.
Haley serves as chair of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, has a business background and focuses on ethics and corporate law.
For her, it’s reopening a post-pandemic society following Governor Ralph Northam’s executive orders.
“This has now gone on for 14 months, and we’re long past the point that anybody can say we’re in a state of emergency,” said Haley.
Democratic AG Candidates Herring, Jones Debate Ahead of Primary
Attorney General Mark Herring (Left) debated challenger Jay Jones (Right) leading up to the Democratic primary for attorney general. (FILE PHOTOS: Crixell Matthews)
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring debated challenger Del. Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) Wednesday night, during a televised forum in Arlington.
The two differ little on policy positions. Both support progressive criminal justice and police reforms, gun control measures, abortion rights and greater equity for communities of color.
Jones has the endorsement of Gov. Ralph Northam, who said Jones understands the deep scars of racism in the commonwealth. Jones said at Wednesday’s debate that his commitment to civil rights is unflinching. If elected, Jones would be Virginia’s first Black attorney general.
ANDREW CAIN
Richmond Times-Dispatch
The four Republican candidates for attorney general broadly agree on certain policy issues â such as holding the Virginia Parole Board accountable and opposing the ending of qualified immunity for police officers.
But they tout significantly different life and work experiences that they say make them their partyâs best bet in the May 8 convention and in the November election.
The GOP candidates are Leslie Haley, a member of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors; Del. Jason Miyares, R-Virginia Beach; Chuck Smith, a former head of the Virginia Beach GOP; and Jack White, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito who is a partner at a Tysons Corner law firm.