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11 Bills I’m Watching in this Legislative Session

As the chief prosecutor for the largest jurisdiction in Virginia, I wear a lot of hats. Sometimes, my role is to set policies that govern…

Feb 5

The Virginia Capitol building stands in the background, behind red and yellow flowers, flanked by clear blue skies.

Feb 5

Early Voting & Election Laws: What you need to know in 2024

With early voting starting today, there’s never been a more important time for our community to be up to date on how to vote early or by…

Sep 20, 2024

Early Voting & Election Laws: What you need to know in 2024

Sep 20, 2024

Data Deep Dive: Aging Out of Crime

In 1999, I bought my first car. Not long after, though, I got my first car insurance bill in the mail — and was shocked at how much I…

Aug 29, 2024

Data Deep Dive: Aging Out of Crime

Aug 29, 2024

CA Descano’s Back to School Safety Tips

Next week, kids across Fairfax County will head back to school — and parents will breathe a sigh of relief! But as we approach the start…

Aug 15, 2024

CA Descano’s Back to School Safety Tips

Aug 15, 2024

Crime data is broken — but justice agencies can fix it.

Imagine yourself going grocery shopping this afternoon. You walk through the store, find what you need, and head up to the cashier…

Jul 17, 2024

Crime data is broken — but justice agencies can fix it.

Jul 17, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Protects Red Flag Laws — For Now.

This morning, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in one of their most important cases of this session — US v Rahimi. After months of…

Jun 21, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court building illuminated by the setting sun.

Jun 21, 2024

What We’ve Learned from Handling Over 200 Red Flag Cases

Last month, our office hit an extremely important milestone: to date, we’ve handled over 200 red flag cases; temporarily removing firearms…

May 21, 2024

What We’ve Learned from Handling Over 200 Red Flag Cases

May 21, 2024

Governor Youngkin Axes Legislation Protecting Reproductive Freedom

Over the past few weeks, Governor Youngkin has slowly rolled out vetoes of several criminal justice and gun-control related bills. But…

Apr 11, 2024

Governor Youngkin Axes Legislation Protecting Reproductive Freedom

Apr 11, 2024

Updates on CA Descano’s Legislative Priorities

As the elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for the largest jurisdiction in Virginia, part of my job is to advocate for legislation at the…

Mar 28, 2024

Updates on CA Descano’s Legislative Priorities

Mar 28, 2024

CA Descano Visits Community Partnership Grant Recipients

Recently, my office distributed funds from our second annual Community Partnership Grant Program to five organizations that are helping to…

Mar 21, 2024

CA Descano Visits Community Partnership Grant Recipients

Mar 21, 2024

Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney

Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney

Steve Descano is the Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County. Some posts are written by other members of our office's staff, and are attributed accordingly.

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