The Supreme Court will hear a case on the redistricting of 12 Virginia districts that argues Republicans unconstitutionally created districts to dilute the voting power of black residents.
(NBC 4 Washington)
The Rebrand Washington Football group submitted a petition signed by more than 1,800 people calling to change the Redskins team name.
(ABC 7 News)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it will seek an alternate route for the Dakota Access pipeline following months of protests lead by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
(ABC 7 News)
The parents of a Potomac Falls High School student who committed suicide last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a school counselor for $5 million in damages from Loudoun County Public Schools.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
The 21st Century Cures Act, a bill that Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock frequently trotted out during her 2016 campaign, passed in Congress on Wednesday. It seeks to expedite the Food and Drug Administration’s drug and treatment review process, allocate funding to cancer research and combat opioid addiction.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
