A New Hanover Transgender Student Policy; More Va., Headlines

By Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

August 31, 2022

• A new Roanoke College poll found Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s approval rating ticking up to 55%, but Republican voters are split on whether he should run for president in 2024.—Cardinal News

• The Hanover County School Board voted 5-2 to adopt a policy requiring transgender students to submit written requests to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. The policy empowers the school board to decide which requests are granted.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• A state delegate says the General Assembly needs to fix a law requiring police to report certain arrests of public school employees after a Fairfax County school counselor kept his job after being convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution.—WTOP

• For the second time, a judge dismissed defamation claims Portsmouth’s former police chief sought against Sen. Louise Lucas and others in the aftermath of a 2020 protest at the city’s Confederate monument.—Virginian-Pilot

• Michigan Republicans are facing criticism for restricting access to a rally on the state Capitol lawn attended by Youngkin.—Michigan Advance

• Nobody’s running for mayor in the town of Buchanan. But the vice mayor says his wife will let him take the job if voters write his name in on their ballots.—Roanoke Times

• “Norfolk allowed the manager of its animal shelter to move to Florida and work remotely. Then she got a second job.”—Virginian-Pilot

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