State briefs for Sunday, Oct. 25
Churches fund billboards against casino in Bristol Source link
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State briefs for Sunday, Oct. 18
W&M, Posse Foundation partner on scholarships Source link
State briefs for Sunday, Oct. 4
Environmental groups challenge gas pipeline Environmental groups have filed a challenge against permits that were recently issued to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Roanoke Times reported that a petition was filed with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. The Sierra Club and seven other environmental groups challenged permits that were recently reissued….
State briefs for Sunday, Sept. 20
A Northern Virginia county has voted to remove a monument marking the spot where the first Confederate soldier died in the Civil War. Source link
State briefs for Sunday, Sept. 13
Third former Taylor staffer charged with election fraud VIRGINIA BEACH — Authorities in Virginia Beach have filed election fraud charges against a third former campaign staffer for former Rep. Scott Taylor, R-2nd. The Virginian-Pilot reported that Heather Guillot was indicted Tuesday by a Virginia Beach grand jury. Guillot’s attorney, Richard Doummar, declined to comment on…
State briefs for Sunday, Sept. 6
Virginia health official previews vaccination plans PORTSMOUTH — The state of Virginia has been spending the last few months figuring out how to quickly distribute a coronavirus vaccine to millions of people. The Roanoke Times reported Thursday that an incident command center has been working since June to lay the groundwork for stockpiling necessary supplies…
Virginia delegate recounts cousin’s critical wounding by ‘non-lethal’ round at Texas protest
A bill to govern training and use of non-lethal weapons by police to control protests hit close to home for Del. Cliff Hayes, D-Chesapeake, whose 20-year-old cousin was critically wounded by a “bean bag” round fired at him mistakenly during an anti-racism protest in Texas at the end of May. He told his colleagues Thursday…
State briefs for Sunday, Aug. 30
Norfolk’s City Council delays vote on proposed gun ban Source link
State briefs for Sunday, Aug. 23
Roanoke College removes students after virus results Source link
‘People’s lives are in your hands’: Clergy urges legislators to relieve incarceration
As a breeze blew and a light rain fell, Anthony Gaboton prayed to remember those in cells who cannot feel wind or rain. Gaboton, a member of the Richmond Hill ecumenical community on Church Hill, raised his prayer among many in a public vigil in Shockoe Bottom on Sunday to call for Virginia legislators to…