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By ALLIE PITCHON,
Progress Index
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Lauren McCray and Khloe Atwood are just 11 years old. That didn’t stop them from traveling to the General Assembly in February alongside two other young girls with the help of Petersburg non-profit Pretty Purposed, where they spoke to lawmakers about underfunding issues affecting their schools.
“Most of our milks and stuff are either expired or are going to be expired the next day, and our water fountains weren't turning on for like two years," said Atwood, who attends the fifth grade at Sunnyside Elementary School in Dinwiddie County.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By DAVE RESS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Not quite a week after the General Assembly brushed off his amendments to two bills ensuring the right to contraception and two more requiring insurance coverage, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he’s still thinking about what do. They’re among some 50 bills where legislators rejected his amendments or — as in the contraception rights bills — simply let the amendments die without a vote.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By LISA ROWAN,
Cardinal News
The Bedford County School Board is suing a local parent for $600,000 for what it calls harassment of school division employees.
The suit follows a complaint the parent made to the state Department of Education in January, in which he claimed that the school had failed to provide services for his son’s learning disability. David Rife, the parent, also has a long history of trying to advocate for his son in the school division, as outlined in documents filed by both parties in the suit.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By STACY PARKER,
Virginian-Pilot
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Virginia State Sen. Aaron Rouse, a Virginia Beach Democrat, announced Tuesday he will run for lieutenant governor in 2025. Two other Democrats are also in the running for the seat, which is currently held by Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney also announced Tuesday that he’s dropping his campaign for governor to run for the lieutenant governor role instead. Babur Lateef, a Northern Virginia eye surgeon and chair of the Prince William County School Board, is a third candidate in the race.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By ANDREW CAIN,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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In dropping out of the contest for governor, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney entered another contest that is anything but a sure thing, according to Virginia political analysts. State Sen. Aaron Rouse, D-Virginia Beach, a former NFL football player and Virginia Beach City Council member, announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 2025.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By LAURA VOZZELLA,
Washington Post
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Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced Tuesday that he is dropping out of next year’s race for Virginia governor and running for lieutenant governor instead.
Stoney, who has faced a tough contest against U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.) for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, had been calling donors, supporters and others in recent days to say he would bow out of that race. He made it official with an early-morning news release Tuesday.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By CONOR HOLLINGSWORTH,
WTKR-TV
If you took a look around the room at the New Hope Christian Community Center on Tuesday night, you’d see a room of people still grieving from losing a loved one.
“It’s a nightmare,” said Radia Capehart, who lost her 15-year-old son, Shayne, to gun violence in 2022. “It’s an absolute nightmare you cannot wake up from. It’s just constant 24/7.”
VaNews April 24, 2024
By MICHAEL MARTZ,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Bill Moher ended one congressional campaign last month in Northern Virginia and resurfaced this month in Richmond as the Republican nominee in the 4th Congressional District. Moher, a technology and business consultant from Arlington County, will challenge Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, who is seeking her first full term after winning a special election last year to fill the 4th District seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Donald McEachin, D-4th.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By MATT BUSSE,
Cardinal News
Eight environmental groups have filed a petition in federal court challenging regulators’ approval of a planned extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, arguing that the project’s scope has changed so much that an earlier approval is no longer relevant.
The pipeline developers’ latest plans for the MVP Southgate extension from Pittsylvania County into North Carolina call for a shorter route and a wider pipe to transport nearly twice as much gas as previously planned. Developers have also abandoned plans for a new compressor station in Pittsylvania.
VaNews April 24, 2024
By MARTA BERGLUND,
WVEC-TV
Shana Turner is the founder of Hampton Roads Mothers Against Senseless Killings (M.A.S.K.). She started the organization after her son, Shaquille, was killed in 2017. … Turner co-hosted a crime victims’ rights forum Tuesday night, alongside Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, Pastor Calvin Durham of New Hope Church of God in Christ and local law enforcement leaders.
VaNews April 24, 2024
