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State Officials Says Special Education Is A ‘Core Priority.’ Parents And Advocates Beg To Differ.
Differences were aired after a Special Education advocate raised questions about certain aspects of the report.
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Hampton Police File Charges Against BLM Protester, School Districts Grapple With Fall Reopening, A Rogue Python In Amherst; More
The Hanover County School Board, which had been a holdout, voted to rename two schools previously named for Confederate leaders.
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Virginia Judge Upholds Most Of New Law Requiring Background Checks For All Gun Sales
The bulk of a challenge to the law, brought by gun-rights groups, was rejected by Circuit Court Judge F. Patrick Yeatts.
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Virginia Delegate Jay Jones Announces Run For Attorney General
“This decision we’re making today is generations in the making,” Jones, a 31-year-old lawyer from Norfolk, said in a video announcement.
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N. Virginia COVID-19 Cases Trending Down, Westmoreland County Cases Surge, New Richmond Police Chief’s Vision For The Department; More
Virginia Tech blasted a Trump policy that might force international students to go home if their campuses do not open in the fall.
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Primary Care Doctors In Virginia Want More Resources From State As Demand For Testing Grows
A family physician reported “proclamations” from state officials on the number of days Virginia has had to deal with shortages of PPE.
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Virginia Won’t Release Data On COVID-19 Outbreaks At Chicken Plants, Despite Nursing Home Reversal
The Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Mercury followed Northam's choice to release data related to long-term care facilities.
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As Other Virginia School Systems Act, One Is Still Clinging To Its Racist Confederate Names
After a statue of Confederate general Stuart was plucked from its pedestal on Monument Avenue, Lee was left as the lone "Lost Cause" icon.
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Kaine Predicts Win In Effort To Rename Bases That Honor Confederates
Kaine said he believes the GOP-controlled Senate would override a possible Trump veto of a bill that would begin the renaming process.
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If We’re Serious About Uprooting Racism And Abuses Of Power, We Should Start With Restraints In Our Schools
George Floyd’s murder is having a tremendous impact across the nation — and rightly so! It is a terrible tragedy.
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State Defends Refusal To Release Poultry Plant COVID-19 Information
VDH previously cited a section of state code regarding privacy to justify withholding facility-specific data for poultry plants.
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Washington Football Team Expected To Change Name, A Confusion Of Lees In Lee County, Restaurants Struggle With Mask Mandate; More
The Washington NFL franchise is expected to announce it is changing its name amid mounting pressure from corporate sponsors.
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Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Decision Blocking Walmart From Electricity Choice
A judge's opinion stated that “Despite its ostensible complexity, this case boils down to a simple conclusion."
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What Sank The Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It Wasn’t Just Environmentalism.
Initially, Wilson was incredulous when he got the phone call informing him the project had ceased.
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Judge Blocks New Monument Removal In Richmond, Neptune Festival Canceled, VMI Alumni Request Review Of Building Names, And More Headlines
A Richmond judge issued a 60-day injunction preventing Mayor Levar Stoney from removing any more Confederate statues.
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Delays, Legal Challenges Allowed The Curtain To Be Pulled Back On The Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The news releases, statements and tweets came in heavy Sunday after Dominion Energy and its partner, Duke Energy, noted the project's end.
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How Virginia Plans To Let People Ban Themselves From Buying Guns
To him, the idea of a voluntary do-not-sell list as a preemptive option for people worried about suddenly turning irrational made sense.
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Change The Damn Name Already
– Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins owner, to USA Today in May 2013
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Virginia Still Allows Hospitals To Move Some Patients To Nursing Homes Without COVID-19 Testing, Despite Pleas From Providers
The facility, which has weathered one of the deadliest nursing home outbreaks in the country, has accepted new patients, termed "unknowns."
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Virginia Elections Board Votes To Allow Freitas, Good On Ballot Despite Late Filings
The board voted to extend the deadline for 5th District Republican nominee Bob Good, Del., Nick Freitas, R-Culpeper, and others.
