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Virignia AG Miyares comes to Manassas, urges parents to get child ID kits, and revels in his banishment from Russia

By Uriah Kiser

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares was in Manassas today, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to discuss a new plan to give child ID kids to middle school students.

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Features

Business leaders to launch non-profit local news operation Fredericksburg Free Press

By Uriah Kiser
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A group of civic leaders, business owners, and journalists are working to launch a new local news operation in Fredericksburg.

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Manassas Railway Festival returns in June

By Uriah Kiser

Manassas Railway Festival is set to take place on June 3, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The location will be Historic Manassas train station at 9431 West Street.

The 29th annual event is free to attend and visitors of all ages can participate in a activities and attractions. This event is held to help celebrate the railway history of the Manassas community.

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City officials outline coming pedestrian, bike lane improvements

By Uriah Kiser

Manassas city officials held an online meeting on Thursday, May 18, to discuss several pedestrian improvements coming to Manassas city streets in the coming months.

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Prince William

Va. Supreme Court rules against Prince William supervisors, reopens FOIA case

By Uriah Kiser

The Virginia Supreme Court found five first-term Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors violated Virginia’s open meetings laws on May 31, 2020, in the wake of riots outside Manassas.

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Politics

Drag show performance on Sunday: Residents urge city to reconsider

By Uriah Kiser

Equality Prince William will hold its second Pride festival on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at Harris Pavilion in Manassas.

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More Prince William public schools students failing, skipping class: ‘We’re getting a lot of gaming the system’

By Uriah Kiser
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The Prince William County School Board examined a snapshot of the third quarter of the school year, which ended March 31, 2023.

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No more LOSAP for Stafford volunteer firefighters

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: Stafford County Fire and Rescue

Today, May 16, 2023, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors killed its LOSAP program, a financial arrangement devised in 2006 as a way to recruit volunteer firefighters.

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Residents speak out on plan for new bridge over Rappahannock

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More than 100 people gathered on Monday, May 15, 2023, to speak out on a proposal to build a new bridge linking Fredericksburg and Stafford County over the Rappahannock River.

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Politics

Karla Justice seeks Occoquan seat: ‘I’ll repeal the county meals tax’

By Uriah Kiser
Justice (pictured in black t-shirt)

I interviewed Karla Justice, whose running for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors Occoquan District Supervisors seat on Twitter Spaces on May 15, 2023.

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