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Kaine, with long COVID himself, introduces research bill

Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms

The Independent UK

When party control of legislative chambers flips, constitutional amendments requiring votes in two sessions are more often defeated

Thirteen states have multi-year constitutional amendment processes that involve legislatures passing amendments in two successive sessions before they go on the ballot. Since 2010, 66% (60 of 91) of the amendments that passed during the first session in these states were also passed in the second. When partisan control of…

Ballotpedia

Google Maps users flummoxed after spotting a hidden message mowed into a garden

Google Maps fans on Reddit are pondering over who 'Joe' could be after spotting a man cutting the name into a lawn outside of a home on Forest Crest Cresent, Virginia

Daily Mirror

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GOP-Controlled Committee Kills Virginia Bill To Launch Rec Cannabis Sales This Year

It seems that Virginians won’t be able to legally buy cannabis just yet, as a House of Delegates subcommittee voted down legislation that would allow recreational marijuana sales that were meant to begin this September.

Benzinga

Virginia to remove Russian-sourced vodka brands from state liquor stores

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority announced Sunday morning that it was removing seven Russian-sourced vodka brands from its shelves.

Tribune News Service

Inflation pain means Biden gets no credit for roaring economy

WASHINGTON — Karen Downing, a U.S. Navy retiree living on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, voted for Joe Biden in November 2020 — expecting the new president to end the COVID-19 crisis and then pivot to tackling broader and long-standing social ills, like alleviating student loan debt and increasing access to mental…

Tribune News Service

4-star UNC signee Tyler Nickel breaks Mac McClung’s Virginia HS scoring record

Tyler Nickel broke the Virginia high school scoring record held by now-Lakers G League player Mac McClung.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Racial Balancing Policy Resulting in Discrimination Against Asian Applicants at Prominent Virginia Public School

The new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology did not explicitly discriminate based on race. But the court found it was intended to reduce the number of Asian students admitted, in order to increase the percentage of students from other groups.

Reason

Judge: New admissions policies at elite school discriminate

A federal judge has ruled that a Virginia school system illegally discriminated against Asian Americans when it overhauled the admissions policies at an elite public school

The Independent UK

With big tax incentives, Virginia aims to lure Commanders

Virginia lawmakers are advancing a measure intended to lure the Washington Commanders to the state by allowing the NFL team to forgo what could be $1 billion or more in future tax payments to help finance a potential new football stadium

The Independent UK

Museum begins honoring Black coachmen from the Jim Crow era

The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era

The Independent UK

Commentary: The price of censorship

Education has always been a battleground in the culture war, but the fight over what can or should be taught in schools has escalated to the point where, as in Virginia, it can determine who is elected to high public office.

Tribune News Service

Jeremy Roach scores season-high 15 as Duke basketball beats Virginia to split series

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Duke teammates who won a Virginia high school state championship together two years ago, Jeremy Roach and Trevor Keels put the Blue Devils in position to win at John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday night.

Tribune News Service

Virginia’s Tony Bennett honors Mike Krzyzewski in classy pregame moment

What a heartwarming moment.

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More than 1,000 Hershey’s workers vote on plan to unionize Virginia plant

The Pennsylvania-based candy brand has hired union-busting consultants as workers fight for better pay and conditions

The Independent UK

Pelosi ‘monitoring’ possible trucker convoy protest headed for Washington DC

Law enforcement agencies in DC, Maryland, Virginia, and at the US Capitol have ramped up security

USA Today Sports Media Group

Duke vs Virginia Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Duke vs Virginia prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Just what is a 'divisive concept'? Without real answers, educators are concerned about their implications on public education

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When Conor Collins teaches his Advanced Placement U.S. History class, he asks students to think about some of the challenges Black people could have faced during Reconstruction after American enslavement was abolished.

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Benzinga

Churchill Downs Agrees To Acquire Peninsula Pacific Entertainment Assets For ~$2.5B

Churchill Downs Inc (NASDAQ:CHDN) has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC (P2E) for $2.485 billion. The acquisition will include all of P2E's assets in Virginia and New York and the operations of its Sioux City casino property. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2022. "This…

Benzinga

Jushi To Launch Various Cannabis Brands And Products In Massachusetts

Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE:JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) is launching a series of branded cannabis products in Massachusetts, beginning with the debut of its flower brands, The Bank and Sèchè.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: The ERA, hotly controversial in the 1970s, should be an easy lift today

After all the epic upheaval in the 1970s over the Equal Rights Amendment, some are arguing that the constitutional amendment declaring, simply, that women must be afforded the same rights as men officially became law last month — two years after Virginia ratified it and put it over the 38-state…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Born without legs, Virginia HS wrestler Adonis Lattimore wins championship

Adonis Lattimore has no right leg and only a partial left leg, but the Virginia high school wrestler capped his season with a championship.

Tribune News Service

Tyler Cowen: Wokeism has peaked

I’m calling it: Wokeism has peaked. Yes, it will remain a highly influential movement, and it will probably continue to spread globally. But in the U.S. at least, wokeism and the woke will ebb.

The Independent UK

Virginia attorney general moves to withdraw from ERA lawsuit

Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wants the state to withdraw from a lawsuit that seeks to force the federal government to recognize Virginia’s 2020 vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

Ballotpedia

Virginia House passes five public-sector union bills

On Feb. 15, the Virginia House of Delegates passed five Republican-sponsored bills dealing with public-sector union policy. The bills are now in committee in the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority.

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