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AdvanSix Stock Slides After Mixed Q4 Results; Agrees To Acquire U.S. Amines For $100M

AdvanSix Inc (NYSE:ASIX) reported fourth-quarter FY21 sales growth of 24.6% year-over-year to $424.06 million, beating the consensus of $408.30 million. The sales increase was driven by a 25% favorable impact of market-based pricing and 12% higher raw material pass-through pricing, partially offset by lower volume. Sales volume in the quarter decreased ~12% driven…

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His journalist daughter was killed. Now he wants to ‘fix’ big tech in Congress

Andy Parker says he is ‘honoring’ his daughter Alison Parker’s death by fighting for a congressional seat to regulate big tech

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At the Races: Cracking the midterms - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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Sanity evaluation ordered for college shooting suspect

A Virginia judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for the man charged in the fatal shooting of two campus officers

The Independent UK

School apologises for ‘poor judgement’ in book cancelling culture war

Principal of Virginia high school taking ‘appropriate action’ after being accused of ‘doubling down on big FU to parents’

The Independent UK

Virginia adopts plan to end school mask mandates March 1

Virginia’s General Assembly moved swiftly to put the final legislative touches on a bill that bans local school systems from imposing mask mandates on students

The Independent UK

Masking battles show how issue that buoyed Biden in 2020 won’t help party in midterms

WASHINGTON — The official transcript of President Joe Biden’s 20-minute speech about lowering the cost of health care last week in Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s district was more than 3,300 words. “Masks” was not one of them, even though the administration decided just weeks earlier to make high-quality masks available…

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Masking battles show how issue that buoyed Biden won’t help party in ’22

Attacks tying Democrats to unpopular mask mandates show how Republicans plan to try to tap pandemic fatigue in the midterms.

Roll Call

Virginia Senate Approves Bill, Rec Weed Sales Could Begin In September Via Current Medical Cannabis Dispensaries

Adults in Virginia will be able to legally buy cannabis starting on Sept.

Benzinga

Bird Flu spreads to Kentucky and Virginia

Countries including Mexico have banned or limited poultry imports from Indiana following discovery of the virus there

The Independent UK

Youngkin looks to root out critical race theory in Virginia

Virginia's Department of Education is conducting a review designed to root out critical race theory in schools

The Independent UK

Virginia lieutenant governor uses high heel to gavel Senate to order

Iconic moment occurred after ‘prankster’ took gavel

The Independent UK

Alphabet's Drone Delivery Unit Promotes CTO To CEO Role

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Wing unit promoted its longtime CTO to the CEO role. Wing seeks to expand its drone delivery operations rapidly, including the Dallas suburbs. Adam Woodworth replaced James Ryan Burgess as the CEO, who stepped aside from most of his duties following a health issue. Burgess will remain an adviser…

Benzinga

Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing – will monuments honoring people of color replace them?

With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, and the statue of Robert E. Lee removed from its lofty pedestal in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, local lawmakers in December 2021 voted to do the unimaginable – donate the statue to the local Jefferson School African…

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The Guardian - US

Embrace or avoid? Midterms dilemma for Democrats as Biden’s ratings plunge

For Democrats in tight re-election races, being photographed with a president whose approval rating hovers at 40% is a risk

Reason

Life Gets Better for Sports Bettors

But placing a wager on your favorite team is still illegal or too complicated in many states.

Reason

Funny Oral Argument Moments

In my Persuasion class, we started with clips from oral arguments, and one was the famous "orthogonal" exchange, at 21:54 in Briscoe v. Virginia (2010)—instructive, but also a bit amusing. A student asked if I could recommend some other funny exchanges, or perhaps exchanges that the participants thought were funning,…

Reason

The Super Bowl Will Be Played in the Most Expensive Stadium Ever Built. Taxpayers Didn't Pay a Dime.

Meanwhile, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are in a bidding war to decide which taxpayers will have the chance to pay for the Washington Commanders' new stadium. It shouldn't be this way.

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Virginia Lawmakers At Impasse: How To Move Legal Cannabis Program Forward And Control Illicit Market?

A new law seeking to legalize recreational marijuana has stalled in Virginia’s GOP-controlled House, reported coastreporter.net on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Man faces up to 20 years in prison after disrupting flight

A Virginia man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to interfering with the crew on a United Airlines flight last year

The Independent UK

Virginia deputy attorney general resigns over praise for Capitol rioters

Monique Miles had referred to the rioters who stormed Capitol on 6 January 2021 as ‘patriots’

USA Today Sports Media Group

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1990 to 1999 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1990s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

The Independent UK

Senator: Youngkin seems ready to find Wheeler replacement

A senior Republican state senator says Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin seems ready to move on from a fight with Senate Democrats over the appointment of former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler to his Cabinet

Salon

Virginia deputy AG: Big fan of Jan. 6

Monique Miles claimed the Capitol attack was orchestrated by antifa and insisted Trump had won the election

USA Today Sports Media Group

Celtics to ‘explore converting Sam Hauser to a standard contract’ after flurry of trade deadline deals: report

The Virginia product has been lethal from deep with the Maine Celtics.

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