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Bucheli: How Virginia college students can navigate unique FAFSA challenges
Normally by this time of year, students planning to attend Virginia Commonwealth University – and every other American college – in the fall are committing to schools and sending in deposits. But as many families with a college-bound high school senior know, this isn’t a normal year. Delays in processing the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, form have students across the country stressed out, and understandably so. Typically, May 1 is the national college deposit deadline — but this year, many students haven’t yet received need-based financial aid offers from schools because of the federal delays in processing applications.
Powhatan school leaders address racism concerns with policy change
Ripped papers and a mother’s desperate tears for change flooded the room at Tuesday night’s Powhatan County School Board meeting. Parents and students pleaded with the board to take more drastic measures towards fighting ongoing racism they say they’ve continued to witness in Powhatan schools.
Governor Youngkin to still speak at VCU graduation despite planned protest
Despite reports of a planned protest at Virginia Commonwealth University’s graduation ceremony this weekend, Governor Glenn Youngkin says he will still be the commencement speaker even though some staff and students are urging him to cancel. This followed days of pro-Palestinian protests and encampments on college campuses like VCU, UVA, Virginia Tech and Mary Washington University. Many of those demonstrations led to chaos and clashes with police, ending with more than 100 students arrested.
As General Assembly special session approaches, are skill games dead or alive?
At a meeting of Virginia’s advisory council on gambling addiction late last month, Del. Paul Krizek, D-Fairfax, made a bold prediction. The battle over whether the state should legalize the slots-like gambling machines known as skill games reached a standstill in April due to policy disagreements between the General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin. There have been signals the skill game legalization effort could potentially be revived by being folded into the unfinished state budget lawmakers are supposed to finish next week. But Krizek said he doesn’t see that happening and thinks the skill game legalization effort is probably dead for the year.
Yancey: Should Virginia abandon its one-term governor rule?
Today’s controversial opinion: Gov. Glenn Youngkin is making the case for why Virginia governors should be allowed to run for a second term. Mind you, I’m not saying Youngkin deserves a second term. I’m not saying he doesn’t, either. I’m not even saying Virginia should allow governors to seek reelection. However, I am saying that we should think about all this. Regular readers know that I like to explore ideas, so here’s the one for today: Should Virginia governors be allowed to run for a second term? Virginia is the only state that limits its governor to a single term. More technically, Virginia doesn’t allow consecutive terms.
From VPAP Early Voting in June Primaries
VPAP has updated its early voting dashboard to include ballots for the June 18th primaries. Republican primaries are occurring for the U.S. Senate and three U.S. House districts. Toggle to see the Democratic primaries for six U.S. House districts, or choose a locality for more details.