(InsideNova) — The town of Quantico claims its former police chief was fired for not following an improvement plan rather than for enforcing state-mandated COVID-19 safety measures.
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(Virginia Mercury) — After past redistricting cycles, the number of Virginia General Assembly members having to switch districts was kept to a minimum because legislators were allowed to draw careful lines around each other’s homes to avoid doing damage to incumbents.
(Free Lance-Star) — After years of delays and a legal battle that ended up costing Stafford County hundreds of thousands of dollars, work has started on a new Muslim cemetery in North Stafford.
(WTOP-FM) — Virginia’s first openly transgender state lawmaker tells WTOP she expects legal challenges will be filed soon to challenge new state Department of Education policies that would dramatically change the rights of LGBTQ students in Virginia schools. (more…)
(InsideNova) — Haymarket residents will receive a refund on their real estate taxes just in time for the holiday season.
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(WTOP-FM) — The Spotsylvania County School Board’s controversial choice to be the next superintendent got an important check mark from Virginia’s Department of Education on Thursday.
(AP) — Virginia has denied parole to convicted sniper killer Lee Boyd Malvo, ruling that he is still a risk to the community two decades after he and his partner terrorized the Washington, D.C., region with a series of random shootings.
(The Center Square) – The freight railroad industry reached a tentative deal with rail worker unions Thursday morning to avoid a national rail strike that threatened to cripple the nation’s already stressed supply chain.
The tentative agreement still must be ratified in a vote of the unions’ workers.
By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – About 3.2 million Virginia tax filers will receive one-time rebates from the state’s Department of Taxation beginning at the end of the week, Tax Commissioner Craig Burns announced.