Loudoun County Judge Rejects School Board Efforts To Block Grand Jury; More Va., Headlines

Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

July 12, 2022

• A Loudoun County judge rejected the local school board’s efforts to block a grand jury convened as part of Attorney General Jason Miyares’ investigation into the school system’s handling of a pair of sexual assaults last year.—WTOP

• A dispute over housing density in Arlington County is being treated as “an existential debate over the future of this affluent, deep-blue Northern Virginia suburb on the doorstep of the nation’s capital.”—Washington Post

• Republican Del. Dave LaRock said he’s asking Gov. Glenn Youngkin to consider using funding for public universities as a way to block abortions at their medical facilities.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• A lawyer for one of the men Richmond police have accused of planning a mass shooting in Richmond says he’s skeptical of that narrative. “It’s my understanding that these guys are from Guatemala and they’re just here to work.”—Associated Press

• A Newport News woman who served as a switchboard operator during World War I finally received the military honors she didn’t get at her burial in 1987.—Daily Press

• The Supreme Court of Virginia rejected a legal appeal trying to overturn Shenandoah County’s decision to budget money to help local schools shed Confederate names.—Northern Virginia Daily

• Amtrak service to Norfolk and Roanoke expanded this week with the addition of new round trips between the two cities and D.C.—Washington Post, Roanoke Times

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