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By SEN. JENNIFER BOYSKO,
published in
Virginian-Pilot
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Virginians care deeply about what happens to animals used in experiments, and so do I. For decades, Virginia’s animal testing facilities and the breeders that supply them operated under the radar. There was little accountability, as we in the General Assembly discovered when we learned of the suffering of thousands of beagles at Envigo. That shocking case spurred us to pass historic legislation (which I proudly carried with state Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin) to afford animals in such facilities vital protections and hold accountable those who violate the meager requirements of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Sen. Boysko represents the 38th District, which includes part of Fairfax County.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By SEAN SUBLETTE,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Coming off the warmest winter on record nationally, and the ninth warmest on record in Virginia, long-term planning for the impacts of the warming climate at the local level are becoming more important. Fair or not, there is often unease on the topic between Northern Virginia and Southern Virginia. But earlier this year, a team from George Mason University in Fairfax began working with community leaders and local officials from Southside Virginia through the university's Local Climate Action Planning Initiative. Many areas away from the state's larger communities do not have the resources to develop or execute an environmental plan ...
VaNews April 22, 2024
By MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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After the Hanover County School Board banned 19 books last June, Kate Lindley launched “Free to Read,” her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Lindley, who’d competed as a Reading Olympian as a Hanover student, was appalled at the censorship and determined to combat it. She coded a “Free to Read” app with information about the misbegotten ban and the books affected. And after the board banned more than 70 additional books in November, she set up Banned Book Nooks at two Hanover businesses: Morr Donuts in Mechanicsville and We Think In Ink in Ashland.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By CAITLYN BURCHETT,
Virginian-Pilot
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A Navy review is shining a light on major shipbuilding delays, including at the Newport News shipyard, but defense experts point to larger systemic issues constraining the industrial base’s production capacity. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro ordered a 45-day shipbuilding review this year with the goal of identifying causes of shipbuilding challenges and recommending actions to keep new builds on schedule. A one-page fact sheet released in April showed several of the Navy’s top shipbuilding programs are one to three years behind schedule.
VaNews April 22, 2024
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Editorial
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In Richmond, deadly shootings tend to occupy the public conscience like passing April showers. They come and go like downpours.
The collective outrage over the latest homicide spree — 10 since Easter Sunday, four of whom were teenagers, as of Friday afternoon — is sparking a new round of law enforcement crackdowns and renewed calls for family and community interventions. ... At some point, however, we must acknowledge the hard truth: Despite all the political convulsions, no one really expects this problem to go away. Gun violence has been part of Richmond’s story for at least the past 40 years.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By CHARLOTTE RENE WOODS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Jose Garcia Vasquez has served his time — and then some. Soon, he can reenter society. On Thursday, Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled in his favor that he had been wrongfully denied his earned sentence credits. Virginia’s American Civil Liberties Union chapter says this resulted in Vasquez spending 18 months longer incarcerated than he otherwise would have been.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By DAVE RESS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Richmond’s housing agency is putting a freeze on evictions from public housing communities for at least 30 days while staff members recheck rents and arrears calculations that tenants and legal aid lawyers have said are incorrect. The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has dismissed 14 eviction cases and put a freeze on other cases where it takes first steps toward eviction, said Kenyatta Green, the agency’s senior vice president. RRHA is also not filing any new cases during the freeze, she said.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By CHARLOTTE RENE WOODS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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He fought for his country when he served in the U.S. Army. Then, he became a counterterrorism agent in the FBI to help stop white supremacists from alleged plans to attack Black churches and synagogues.
Richmond resident James Rudisill’s latest battle was to use his earned GI Bill benefits to further his education and become a chaplain. That battle took him nearly a decade and all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court — which ruled 7-2 this week in his favor.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By BOB BARNARD,
WTTG-TV
Virginia’s two U.S. Senators are demanding their fellow lawmakers slam the brakes on legislation that would increase flights in and out of Reagan National Airport after a near-disaster collision between two passenger-filled commercial airliners Thursday.
It happened on one of the busiest runways in the nation, and two of this country’s best-known airlines, Southwest and Jet Blue, were involved.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By JACK BIRLE,
Washington Examiner
Republican Derrick Anderson launched his first television advertisement in his bid to flip Virginia‘s 7th Congressional District, emphasizing a contrast to policies of House Democrats and President Joe Biden.
Anderson, a Green Beret veteran, is the first of the six Republicans in the primary for the district to launch a TV ad buy. He is vying to flip the seat currently held by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), who is not seeking reelection to her seat and instead running for governor in 2025.
VaNews April 22, 2024
