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Virginians narrowly support 15-week abortion ban, shows Wason poll

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin

Virginians narrowly support 15-week abortion ban, shows Wason poll

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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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Enforcing new transgender school policies could be a bumpy road in VA

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Virignia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Stafford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor.

Although the Virginia Department of Education unveiled new guidelines on transgender issues they say give power back to parents, enforcing those rules in school districts could be a bumpy road.

In a shift away from the previous administration, the new guidelines direct schools to inform parents before they offer counseling services related to gender and provide parents with the opportunity to object. The schools are asked to designate a counselor to speak with both the parents and the student if requested by the parents.

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Unemployment fraud problem persists in Virginia with backlog topping 90K | WRIC-TV

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(WRIC-TV) — The Virginia Employment Commission is investigating another batch of suspected unemployment fraud as a daunting backlog continues to cause long waits for victims. 

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Youngkin’s Virginia energy plan gets mixed reaction from lawmakers

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin developed a new energy plan, which he says would diversify the energy sector by tapping into nuclear energy, natural gas, renewables and other energy sources.

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Hundreds of Virginians have had firearms confiscated through red-flag laws

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(THE CENTER SQUARE) – Hundreds of Virginians have had their guns confiscated from them through red-flag laws since those rules went into effect more than two years ago, according to data in the Virginia Firearms Transaction Center.

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Youngkin: High accreditation in schools does not reflect learning losses

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Although almost nine in 10 public schools in Virginia earned full accreditation with the state Board of Education, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is warning that those numbers fail to address learning losses and growing achievement gaps for students.

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Virginia rule on legislators leaving districts could add more intrigue to 2023 elections

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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.

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Virginia DOE shifts control of transgender issues back to parents

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin

(The Center Square) – Virginia public schools will no longer be allowed to provide gender affirming counseling services to students without first consulting with their parents, per new guidelines from the Virginia Department of Education.

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Virginia to issue $3.2 million tax rebates starting this week

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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.

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