Legislation aimed at cracking down on high school athletic recruitment tactics in Virginia — specifically barring officials from using the “homeless” designation to lure student athletes — hit a roadblock Tuesday, failing to advance at the session’s midpoint. This article was reprinted with permission from Virginia Mercury. Legislation aimed at cracking down on high school…
Racial disparities noted in traffic stops by police NORFOLK — A newspaper’s analysis of state data shows that across Virginia, Black drivers are the only racial or ethnic group stopped by police at a higher rate than their share of the population. Black drivers in Hampton Roads and across Virginia were also more likely to…
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…
