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By ALEXIS GUSTIN,
Loudoun Now
Multiple Loudoun County Jersey Mike’s Sub restaurants, owned by the same operator, were recently found to have violated child labor regulations by the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation showed minors were allowed to perform dangerous tasks and work longer hours than allowed under law. The operator, JM Burke of Charleston, South Carolina paid $108,161 in civil penalties to resolve the infractions.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By ERIC KOLENICH,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Jonathan Alger, president of James Madison University, said Monday he will leave his position to become president of American University in Washington. Alger, who has served as JMU’s leader for 12 years, will take his new job on July 1. “President Alger elevated the university to a place far beyond where JMU has ever been,” said Maribeth Herod, head of the university’s board of visitors.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By SUSAN SVRLUGA,
Washington Post
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American University announced Monday that its 16th president will be Jonathan Alger, a higher education policy scholar who has been president of James Madison University in Virginia for the past dozen years. Alger, who goes by Jon, will step into the position July 1, when current AU President Sylvia Burwell departs after seven years of leading the private university in Northwest Washington.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By KARRI PEIFER,
Axios
Henrico County Police will no longer respond to “certain calls for service” effective immediately, the department announced Monday. Shoplifting, noise complaints, medical emergencies and marijuana use are among the categories of calls Henrico Police will stop responding to, Chief Eric English said in a video posted across social media channels. The county has been responding to some calls for which it has “no legal authority,” which has kept officers from responding to ones where it does and that could be a higher priority, English said.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By STACY PARKER,
Virginian-Pilot
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Dominion Energy recently informed Croatan residents that noise coming from the land work for its offshore wind project is spreading farther than anticipated, and it will make adjustments to mitigate the problem. Several residents who live in south Croatan complained to the power company earlier this month about loud vacuum-like sounds and house-shaking vibrations from the cable landing construction site.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By NATALIE ANDERSON,
Virginian-Pilot
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The City Council has selected a new permanent city manager, marking the fourth hire in as many years. Following a closed session Monday, City Council appointed Steven Carter to the position in a 4-3 vote. Mayor Shannon Glover and council members Bill Moody and Mark Hugel voted against Carter’s appointment, saying they each would have preferred the interim city manager keep the job. Carter is currently the city manager of Albany, Georgia. He was hired for the role in 2021 after serving as interim.
VaNews March 19, 2024
Wall Street Journal
Editorial
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With their slim new legislative majority, Virginia Democrats want to remake the economy in the image of deep-blue states. One example is a planned minimum-wage hike, which would depress job growth in the rural areas that need it most.
The General Assembly recently passed a bill to raise the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026, from $12 today. It was approved by a two-vote party-line vote in both chambers. Democratic leaders said the increase is their priority for this year.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By ANDREW CZAPLICKI,
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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The excitement is over. After 60 days of grueling debate and the hourly grind of bicameral committee hearings, the 2024 General Assembly concluded its work for the year on March 9. Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to begin signing (or vetoing) hundreds of bills covering a wide range of topics from gun reform to raising the minimum wage, and other high-profile legislation. What’s missing? The National Guard.
Czaplicki is director of communications for the Virginia National Guard Association and has served on the board of directors since 2012.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By SCOTT COOPER,
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Virginian-Pilot
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Death is part of the job when you own livestock, as many of my neighbors in Culpeper County know. When one of my horses passes on, I grieve because I’ve lost a friend. Occasionally, if the task to put down a lame horse falls to me, my tool of choice is a Beretta M9 pistol because it’s the tool that best gets the job done. That’s also how I was taught to use and respect weapons in the Marine Corps.
Cooper is a retired Marine and combat veteran. He lives on a horse farm near Rixeyville.
VaNews March 19, 2024
By CHARLOTTE RENE WOODS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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A lawsuit filed against Gov. Glenn Youngkin last summer over his administration’s changes to voting rights restorations has been found to have merit by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. This means that the case will proceed. The suit, filed last June, includes Virginia’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, voting rights group Protect Democracy, and law firm WilmerHale. They joined forces to take Youngkin to court along with a handful of state elections officials and local registrars.
VaNews March 19, 2024