Stafford board denounces CRT, preferred pronouns STAFFORD — Leaders in a Northern Virginia county voted to withhold funding for school programs that would teach critical race theory or ask that students identify their chosen pronouns. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to denounce the teaching of critical race theory and The 1619 Project…
VDOT pauses cancellation of idle E-ZPass accounts RICHMOND — Officials in Virginia say they are temporarily pausing deactivations of idle E-ZPass accounts during the coronavirus pandemic. Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Melodie N. Martin told The Washington Post on Wednesday that the agency will halt its routine practice of deactivating idle accounts. She said the…
Martinsville schools to get gunshot detection MARTINSVILLE — Martinsville schools recently received a $200,000 award to become Virginia’s first school system to have a gunshot detection system in all of its buildings. T.J. Slaughter, Martinsville’s director of school safety and emergency management, announced the award Monday at a School Board meeting, the Martinsville Bulletin reported….
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…
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…
Gov. Ralph Northam expects Virginia to receive up to $2.7 billion less in revenues than previously projected for the two-year state budget because of the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but he expects to avoid laying off state employees or cutting essential public services. Northam is preparing to lay out the new revenue forecast…
