Jailed Roanoke Councilman Fighting For Reinstatement; More Va., Headlines

Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

September 1, 2022

• Gov. Glenn Youngkin blasted a Fairfax County schools policy allowing students to shield their gender identity from their parents and said he doesn’t believe “biological boys should be playing sports with biological girls.”—WJLA/7News

• A former Roanoke city councilman jailed for financial crimes is fighting to be reinstated and block a special election to replace him.—Roanoke Times

• CVS fired a Northern Virginia nurse practitioner for refusing to dispense abortion-inducing drugs at one of its clinics, according to a lawsuit that claims the firing violated protections for religious freedom.—Associated Press

• Charges are pending in a 16-car wreck that blocked a tunnel connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth for hours Sunday morning. Police said many of the vehicles were part of a car club.—Virginian-Pilot

• Expanded train routes led to a 30% increase in Amtrak ridership in Virginia.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• The owner of the only grocery store in Bridgewater is fighting a town study aimed at bringing in a bigger store.—Daily News-Record

• Youngkin said he agrees an obscure Virginia obscenity law that allows book bans should be reviewed in the next General Assembly session.—WRIC

• A Virginia-based company created a cell-phone surveillance tool that gives local police departments “the power to follow people’s movements months back in time.”—Associated Press

• Robot dentists have arrived in Virginia Beach.—Virginian-Pilot

• Virginia’s “Elk Cam” is back.—Axios Richmond

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