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Vote for Balance in Manassas on Election Day November 8

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Lynn Forkell Greene

Councilwomen Greene & Ellis encourage residents to vote for balance on election day.

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Analyst says diesel supply shortage in southeastern states ‘could become more of a challenge’

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(The Center Square) — A fuel supply and logistics company is warning about diesel shortages across the southeastern United States, issuing an alert on Friday about “rapidly devolving” conditions in North Carolina and six other states.

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Editorial: Now-deleted hit piece on Manassas Councilwoman Forkell Greene is sloppy journalism. Here’s the whole story

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Vote for Balance in Manassas on Election Day November 8

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Lynn Forkell Greene

Councilwomen Greene & Ellis encourage residents to vote for balance on election day.

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Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger says economy is biggest concern for most constituents | WUSA9

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Rep. Abagail Spanberger talks with votes in Lake Ridge in March 2022.

The 7th Congressional District in Virginia is one of the most competitive races that could help determine who controls the House after the 2022 midterm elections. The battle between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger and GOP newcomer Yesli Vega will act as the litmus test on where constituents in the newly re-drawn district stand on political and social issues.

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Wheeler: Supreme Court case against her is ‘frivolous’ and ‘politically motivated’

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Prince William County Supervisor Chair-At large Ann Wheeler, one of the county’s five top elected leaders who finds herself at the center of a Virginia State Supreme Court case tomorrow, made comments about the upcoming proceedings on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Potomac Local News has obtained an email in which Wheeler calls the lawsuit against her and her fellow Democrats on the Board of County Supervisors “frivolous” and “politically motivated.” It’s the first time Potomac Local News has seen a comment about this case from any of the elected defendants, despite seeking comments multiple times.

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Problematic mail-in ballots to be counted in Prince William County

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About 320 mail-in ballots will be scanned at the Prince William County Office of Elections following chain-of-custody concerns from elections volunteers. Volunteers found that one of the two seals on the ballots had been opened before they were set for counting. In a statement, Prince William County General Registrar Eric Olsen said he’ll keep the ballots to be counted.

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Vega responds: ‘Trump joins the thousands of Virginians who support our campaign’

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Vega greets a campaign supporter

President Donald Trump gave an unsolicited endorsement to Yesli Vega, prompting now a response from her campaign. Trump urged voters to elect Vega, a Republican from the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, to Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Trump posted the endorsement onto his Truth social media platform and called her a “strong Republican voice against violent crime and all other things destroying our nation.

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Tuesday: Virginia Supreme Court to hear case against 5 Democrats on Pr. Wm. Board of County Supervisors

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Two Prince William County residents who sued elected members of the Board of County Supervisors will have their day in the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 1. The state high court agreed to hear the case brought by Alan Gloss and Carol Fox, who are suing all five Democrats on the Board of County Supervisors individually. The suit alleges they violated Virginia’s open meetings law in 2020, in the hours following riots near Manassas, promoted by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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Republicans, Democrats spar over cause of decline in education results

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin visits Tom Coen's AP history class at Colonial Forge High School on September 1, 2022.

(The Center Square) – After a report found a decline in mathematics and reading proficiency among Virginia fourth graders, Republicans and Democrats are sparring over the cause of the results.

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