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The Newport News School Board voted 5-1 last night to fire Superintendent George Parker III.
That comes after a first-grader at Richneck Elementary allegedly shot their teacher earlier this month after administrators were warned the student had a gun.
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Here's the news for Thursday.
• Could ‘Safe Streets’ funding be coming to a road near you?
• Bill advances to repeal sunset on gas-powered vehicle sales
Correction: This article originally said that Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office did not reply to two requests for comment. Those requests were sent to the wrong email address. We have removed the reference; PolitiFact Virginia’s ruling remains unchanged.
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Do you live in Caroline County, VA or Farmville, VA? How do you feel about there being a ICE detention center in your community?
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Here's the news for Wednesday.
• City Council offers suggestions on Richmond 300 plan
• Withholding student transcripts would be limited by new legislation
City Council offers suggestions on Richmond 300 plan
“[L]aw professor Chris Seaman said Monday he was still waiting for documents he requested Nov. 30. The request related to email exchanges involving Sheila Byrd Carmichael, an education consultant involved in a controversial update to Virginia’s history standards.”
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The presents their next Symphony Series concerts this weekend in the Carpenter Theatre. Music Director Valentina Peleggi and soloist joined me for a preview on . We hope to see you at the performances! vpm.org/listen/2023-01
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BREAKING: Formerly billed as “the largest weekly newspaper in Central Virginia,” the Chesterfield Observer plans to stop publishing with this week’s issue.
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Here's the news for Tuesday.
• Scholarships could be extended to descendants of students locked out by Massive Resistance
• Gun safety bill clears party-line committee vote
The scholarship program was established in 2005 to provide free college education to Virginians locked out of school between 1954 and 1964 when four districts closed their doors in defiance of federal desegregation orders.
Close to $1 million remains.
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The Virginia Department of Education has taken more than seven weeks to respond to several public records requests, including from .
Under state law, public bodies have five business days to respond to requests, plus a seven-day extension.
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Fresh from and the 2023 People's Agenda: General Assembly considers large clean water investments
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Here's the news for Monday.
• PolitiFact VA: Virginia GOP delegation repeats debunked IRS claim
• Henrico woman shares story of 23-week abortion amid restriction debate
• Sen. Tim Kaine plans to run for reelection in 2024
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Jason Melendez, a Chesterfield County resident and VCU freshman, said it’s important for people his age to run for office. So he is.
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Before Virginia abolished capital punishment in 2021, the state executed more people than any other in America. vpm.org/npr-news/2023- via
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Henrico's Meg Medina wrote "Merci Suárez Changes Gears," which won the prestigious Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2019.
We just crossed 100 responses! What do you want to learn about the most during the 2023 General Assembly session?
After the anatomy scan 20 weeks into pregnancy, Martha was faced with the impossible: “It was going to be a lifelong set of complications. It was a lot to think about her first surgery being in utero or within hours of her life.”
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A judge in Virginia has tossed a motion to halt a congressional special election there.
Plaintiffs had argued that state officials and the state Democratic Party suppressed voters in the Democratic primary.
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Sen. Tim Kaine on his Senate reelection bid: “I'm a servant. I love Virginia. I'm proud of what I've done. I got a whole lot more I wanna do.”
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Speaking to VPM, said Americans need to fundamentally change their mentality when it comes to reducing those numbers.
“The level of traffic deaths that we experience, is on par with the number of gun deaths that we experienced as a country, about 40,000 a year...
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🧵Nationwide, the number of traffic fatalities leveled off last year—but in Virginia, the number actually increased by almost 10%. That’s according to a recent report by the NHTSA.
nhtsa.gov/press-releases
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Being selected as a @Report4America newsroom will allow us and partner station @WMRAnews to shed light on underserved areas and the efforts to fill gaps in healthcare. vpm.org/articles/37873
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Gen Z candidates are running for — and winning — local and state offices. Chesterfield County's Jason Melendez hopes to join them. From
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ICYMI from /: A Richmond federal judge tossed the motion to halt the 4th District's Feb. 21 special election.
Henrico resident Martha had an abortion after her unborn child was diagnosed with spina bifida.
She told VPM News politicians shouldn't be involved in abortion decisions.
“Whatever decision we came up with needs to be honored.”
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The number of Gen-Z candidates is growing--even in Chesterfield County, my latest story, featuring who is running for the Board of Supervisors.
Chesterfield County Zoomer joins ranks of young political candidates
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