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Virginia Board of Education postpones public hearings for proposed history curriculum standards

The Virginia Board of Education has announced that they will delay voting on new statewide history curriculum standards, following opposition from the Youngkin administration regarding some of the proposed changes. The proposed changes that have received pushback from Gov. Youngkin (R) include removing “references to George Washington as ‘the father…

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Critics say Virginia Republicans are using test scores to further politicize education

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It’s been a busy summer for Deborah DeJesus.

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Glenn Youngkin Says NIMBY Regulations Are Making Virginia an Impossibly Expensive Place To Live

The governor blamed local restrictions on new development for the state's rapidly rising rents and home prices.

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Policies that notify Virginia parents of ‘sexually explicit content’ in school materials are on the way

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia school boards have until the end of the year to adopt policies to inform parents if any instructional materials contain sexually explicit content, the latest step in the debate over what and how children should be taught.

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Gov. Youngkin criticized after calling on teachers with LGBTQ students to tell parents

Democrats and LGBTQ advocates are slamming recent remarks from Gov. Glenn Youngkin calling on educators to inform parents about a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation.

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After the fall of Roe, Republican pursuit of abortion bans appears to falter

The stunning defeat of the Kansas referendum and internal divisions have undercut an all-out assault on reproductive rights

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Donald Trump endorses Tudor Dixon to be Michigan's governor

DETROIT — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Tudor Dixon to be Michigan's next governor on Friday night, ending a months-long and hostile fight for his support just four days before the primary election.

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Record flooding in Kentucky and Appalachia kills more victims as searches continue

Major floods have devastated Eastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia and West Virginia. The death toll continues to climb as search and rescue teams cover the affected areas.

WEKU

COVID Taught More Than 1 Million Parents the Value of School Choice

Educational freedom is good for everybody but unions, bureaucrats, and the education establishment.

Reason

Michael Hiltzik: Book-banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right's assault on democracy

Attacks on books occupy a special place among the signposts of philistinism and anti-democratic suppression.

Los Angeles Times

Youngkin shifts Virginia right, raising profile inside GOP

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has spent a tightly choreographed first six months in office cultivating his image in a way that’s furthered speculation he has designs on higher office

The Independent UK

Crews have found all 44 Virginia residents who were missing after flooding

Authorities in southwest Virginia had feared the worst as they were inundated with calls from people who said they were unable to reach family members. But by noon Thursday, everyone had been located.

WEKU

Southwest Virginia flooding damages homes, prompts rescues

Authorities say flooding in a remote corner of southwest Virginia has damaged more than 100 homes but there are no confirmed deaths or injuries despite some 40 people being unaccounted for

The Independent UK

More than 300 Virginia government workers have quit since governor announced changes to remote working

The Trump-endorsed governor pushed through the return-to-work policy despite pushback from Democratic lawmakers who urged waiting until after the Labor Day holiday

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Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin explores 2024 presidential election run

The former Carlyle Group co-CEO turned Virginia governor could be setting up a replay of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run.

The Independent UK

Virginia law stops early inmate releases, angering families

A last-minute amendment to Virginia's budget has blocked the planned release this summer of hundreds of inmates

The Street

Cannabis News Week: Only Way to Go Is Up; Governor Breaks Promise

Cannabis stocks had a rough first half of the year, but the appetite for marijuana in the U.S. is growing.

Benzinga

Amazon, AT&T, Disney Paying For Abortion Travel Costs Had Also Contributed To Anti-Abortion Campaigns: Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), AT&T Inc (NYSE: T), and Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), pledging to pay for e

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State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision

In the hours after the Supreme Court signaled an end to the national right to abortion Friday, a cascade of abortion bans began to take effect across the country.

Reason

Glenn Youngkin's Proposed 15-Week Abortion Ban Speaks to Abortion Moderates

The Virginia governor's proposed 15-week ban shows what a moderate approach to abortion looks like.

Roll Call

State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision - Roll Call

Friday's Supreme Court decision effectively undoing legal precedent set by Roe v. Wade has spurred a flurry of state activity.

The Independent UK

Virginia GOP voters to settle crowded congressional runoffs

Republican Virginia voters are set to winnow a crowded field of candidates to two nominees to compete in what are expected to be a pair of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races

Reason

School Choice Is a Smart Political Move

With educational freedom at stake, these midterm elections could defy the odds and be constructive.

Salon

White supremacy, COVID and free speech

The post-Charlottesville crackdown on the alt-right was liberalism's Waterloo. Don't believe me? Look around you

The Independent UK

GOP hopes to carry Virginia success into US House races

A GOP sweep of Virginia’s 2021 statewide elections has helped energize the Republican field in two of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races

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