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A Commentary On The Dire Condition Of The United States, From The Stock Market To The Pandemic
You don't have to get out much to know that our commonwealth and our nation aren't doing so well.
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Should Every School Have A Police Officer? This Is The Question
Legislation requiring every public school to have a full-time officer is expected to come before House and Senate committees this week.
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Senate Committee Rejects Bill Aimed At Explicit Materials In Schools
Democrats in the Senate Education and Health Committee narrowly voted down a bill aimed at controversial instructional materials.
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In Real Estate, It's "Difficult" For Native Americans To Compete "On The Free Market" -- Tribal Official
It began with the Indian Relocation Act of 1956, the federal government's answer to the persistent poverty of Native Americans.
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Virginia's Former Secretary Of Public Safety Registers As Marijuana Lobbyist
Gov. Ralph Northam's former secretary of public safety has a new job: lobbying state lawmakers on marijuana.
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Author: Let's Try To Keep Low The Cost of Prescription Medication
The report indicates Mr. Coleman, the author, is also involved with working on the restoration of voting rights.
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Virginia Senate Votes To Require Police To Tell Drivers Why They Were Pulled Over
The Senate voted to require police officers to tell drivers why they are being pulled over before requiring them to present their licenses.
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Youngkin's Plan To Punish Cities That Defund Police Would Mostly Hit Small Towns
A budget amendment proposed by Youngkin aims to punish local governments that have reduced funding for police.
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New Attorney General Says Public Universities Can't Require COVID-19 Vaccine For Students
Attorney General Jason Miyares said Friday state colleges and universities don't have the authority to require students get vaccinated.
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‘We Don't Need A Study': Health Officials Can't Offer Evidence To Support Youngkin's Mask Order
Supt. Perrigan said "83 percent of families are still adhering to universal masking," despite Youngkin's order.
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House GOP Blocks Bill That Would Ban Police From Falsifying Documents In Interrogations
The legislation's result apparently means police will still be allowed to forge documents, according to the report.
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Some House Democrats Now Back Bill Requiring School Principals To Report Misdemeanor Crimes
Democrats gave broad support to a bill that would once again require school principals to report many misdemeanor-level offenses.
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Some Reflections On International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The author is director of education at the Holocaust museum in Richmond.
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Four Ways Republicans Want To Pull Virginia Out Of RGGI
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a carbon reduction tool, is considered by Democrats as one of their "signature achievements."
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Virginia Lawmakers Call For Ouster Of Charitable Gaming Board Leaders
A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers is calling for the ouster of several members of the Virginia Charitable Gaming Board.
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Youngkin Says He Intends To Replace Virginia's Top Election Official, Decision Called "Deeply Troubling Injection Of Politics"
Democrat Brink also described it as "a slap in the face to the thousands of local election workers across the commonwealth."
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Federal Court Again Yanks Two Mountain Valley Pipeline Approvals
A federal appeals court has again rejected permits issued by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
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Senators Question Wheeler On Carbon Reduction Programs, Chesapeake Bay
The Democrat-dominated Senate panel grilled Wheeler, the former Trump administration EPA head. Democrats intend to block his confirmation.
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Va. Senate Rejects New AG's Proposal To Create Statewide ‘Super Prosecutors'
Lawmakers in the Virginia Senate rejected legislation requested by the state's new Republican attorney general.
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‘Adam's Law,' Aimed At College Hazing, Passes Senate
An anti-hazing bill, inspired by the death of a Virginia Commonwealth University freshman last year, passed a major hurdle Wednesday.