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Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here. But First… Virginia police seized over 1,000 “dank” vape cartridges linked to recent…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here.  But First… Virginia tax refund checks are in the mail. Apologies for the…

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion to buy 1,210 body cameras for its police force. “It’s about accountability,” Supervisor John C. Cook (R-Braddock) told the Washington Post. In addition to purchasing the body cameras, the motion approves $11 million in spending over three years to train officers and hire 34…

The day has come — President Donald Trump is the subject of a U.S. House impeachment inquiry. After reports that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate the son of his political opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, and a whistleblower complaint about Trump’s discussions with Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that Democrats were moving…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here.  But First… Planning a trip to a Virginia state park this year? Check yourself…

Democrats in Virginia are back to finish the job they started in 2017, according to journalist Paul Rosenberg. In article for Salon, Rosenberg looks back at how Democrats surged from a quiet minority to coming “within one disputed ballot and a random drawing of sharing power” in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017. In…

Happy Sunday, Virginia. ICYMI: 5 things that happened this week…  Judge stops removal of Confederate statuesA Charlottesville Circuit Court judge issued a permanent injunction blocking the removal of two Confederate city statues last week, deciding that they do not send a racially discriminatory message. The Charlottesville City Council previously voted to remove the statues of…

Want to visit Richmond? You can find about 1,200 places to stay on Airbnb, but none of them are — technically — legal. City code prohibits rentals in residential properties for fewer than 30 days, but that hasn’t stopped Richmonders from offering up their homes and apartments on the online booking platform to short-term renters.…

A mechanical piping systems manufacturer will build a new facility in Virginia that will bring 105 new jobs to the Commonwealth, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. High Purity Systems is spending $8.5 million on a 30,000 square foot facility in Manassas, where the firm has operated for over three decades. After initially mulling a relocation…

The Rappahannock County Republican Party censured Rep. Denver Riggleman for “abandoning party principles,” on issues like fiscal spending and immigration. But Riggleman’s office pushed back, The Hill reports, saying the censure was issued to punish the freshman GOP lawmaker for officiating a same-sex wedding in July. A censure is a formal statement expressing severe disapproval of…