Tag Archives: Virginia

The Washington Post reports: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said he will seek to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, moving quickly following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. Youngkin has asked four Virginia lawmakers — all antiabortion Republicans — to craft legislation, and he said that setting the cutoff at …

The Washington Blade reports: Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday hosted a Pride Month reception that took place in the Capitol Rotunda in Richmond. The governor’s office invited more than 100 people to the reception, but Virginia Pride and other LGBTQ rights groups boycotted it. The reception, which Youngkin’s public schedule noted, was closed to the press. “Equality Virginia …

NBC News reports: A Virginia board is considering restoring the names of two schools that were originally named for Confederate generals but were changed in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. The Shenandoah County School Board voted in 2020 to change Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School to Honey Run Elementary School. …

Richmond’s ABC News affiliate reports: Emails obtained by 8News show that a Hanover County School Board member reached out to a top legal strategist for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) a week before he tried to set a meeting between the board and the organization. A month later, the school board approved a plan to have ADF, which some have classified …

From the Facebook page of Virginia Del. Tim Anderson: I am pleased to announce a major legal victory. Today, the Virginia Beach Circuit Court has found probable cause that the books Gender Queer and a Court of Mist and Fury are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors. My client, Tommy Altman, has now directed my office to seek a restraining …

Hampton Roads’ ABC News affiliate reports: Electoral Board Chair David Dietrich has resigned from his position following racist comments posted on Facebook. Gov. Youngkin demanded Dietrich’s resignation in a social media post-Saturday afternoon a day after 10 On Your Side reported about the Hampton GOP calling upon the appointing authority for all electoral board members to remove Dietrich. In his …

The Washington Post reports: All 133 Virginia public school division superintendents have urged Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to scrap the “tip line” set up to let parents complain about teachers and principals and have asked him to stop his campaign against the teaching of “divisive” content in schools. The superintendents voiced their concerns in a letter Thursday to Jillian Balow, …

The Hill reports: Virginia law under the bill would have been amended to exempt “any place of accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association, or society from the nondiscrimination of accommodation provisions of the Virginia Human Rights Act,” according to a description of the bill. Introduced in January by Rep. Les Adams (R), the bill …

CBS News reports: A news release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office detailed that Terry Frank Compton, 62, of Glade Spring, faces 30 felony counts — all that involve children. Compton was arrested after “multiple victims” came forward, according to the sheriff’s office. His arrest on Feb. 10 followed a months-long investigation and his charges include 12 counts of taking …

The Washington Post reports: A top deputy overseeing election issues for Virginia’s new Republican attorney general resigned Thursday after The Washington Post questioned the office about Facebook posts she had made praising Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Former deputy attorney general Monique Miles also espoused unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud and …

ABC News reports: Republicans in the Virginia House defeated measures Tuesday that would have let voters decide whether to strip legally outdated language prohibiting gay marriage from the state Constitution and automatically restore the voting rights of felons who have served their terms. Both proposed constitutional amendments passed the General Assembly last year when Democrats controlled the legislature. The measures …

The Washington Post reports: An Arlington judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s mask-optional order for schools — a major victory for the seven school boards that sued to stop the order, and a sharp rebuke for the new governor. “Having addressed all aspects of whether a temporary restraining order should issue, the Court …

NBC News reports: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin clearly thought a tip line (read: snitch line) that would allow conservative parents to rat out educators accused of teaching critical race theory would go over well. In light of recent news, I have to agree. After Youngkin on Monday announced a new email address for parents to send in their complaints, zealous …

The Hill reports: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) issued a legal opinion on Friday, telling public colleges and universities in the commonwealth that they cannot require students to get the coronavirus vaccine. “I conclude that, absent specific authority conferred by the General Assembly, public institutions of higher education in Virginia may not require vaccination against COVID-19 as a general …

The Roanoke Times reports: Markus Maly of Fincastle was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with assaulting police officers and other offenses as authorities continue an investigation more than a year after the uprising occurred. According to court documents, Maly pointed and sprayed a chemical irritant at a line of police officers who were attempting the secure the …

Newsweek reports: A man seeking a kidney transplant has been denied a place on the active transplant list because he chose not to get vaccinated. Shamgar Connors, 42, is a patient at University of Virginia Hospital who is now listed as “inactive” on the list for a life-saving kidney transplant. Connors said his entire family had COVID-19 and doesn’t believe …

The Washington Post reports: Seven school boards — including one overseeing the largest and most prominent district in the state — are suing to stop Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) mask-optional order on the day it is supposed to take effect, arguing that the order violates the Virginia Constitution. The school boards, led by Fairfax County Public Schools, whose 180,000 students …

The Washington Post reports: Virginia’s new Republican attorney general has fired University of Virginia’s counsel, who was on leave from his job to work as the top investigator for U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, the attorney and university said. Tim Heaphy, who had worked at the state school for about three years, …

CBS News reports: A Virginia mother was charged Friday night after she said at a school board meeting that she would “bring every single gun loaded and ready” to fight mask requirements for her children. Amelia King later emailed the board to apologize for her choice of words, saying she was not referring to “actual firearms.” The Luray Police Department …

Washington DC’s ABC News affiliate reports: Page County Public Schools in Luray, Virginia will increase police presence at schools Monday after a mother made a perceived threat during a school board meeting Thursday night. Amelia King was upset about the school mask mandate and said her children would not be wearing masks on Monday and she would “bring every single …