POLITICS
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Post-Roe Abortion Bans Have Led to Devastating Outcomes for Women, Study Finds
Women have suffered through ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, fetal anomalies, and other complications, but have found it difficult to get the care they need due to restrictive abortion bans.
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Key School Board Candidates To Watch Across Virginia
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and Virginia’s school board elections are especially notable this year, as the Old Dominion has faced numerous book bans, racist attacks on history standards, and widespread teacher shortages across the state.
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Trump Found Liable of Sexual Abuse and Defamation in Civil Rape Trial
A jury awarded magazine writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Since this was a civil case, however, the former president will not face jail time.
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Rural Advocates Want to Take on Monopoly Power and Help Family Farmers
Participants of the 2023 Rural Policy Action Summit spoke about how to expand resources for those in rural communities, among other topics.
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Youngkin Diversity Chief Dismisses Diversity Efforts
Virginia’s Chief Diversity Officer Martin D. Brown’s comments highlight a growing trend of dismissing the value of diversity not only in the commonwealth, but also all across the United States.
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Biden Announces 2024 Presidential Reelection Run
President Biden has announced his plans to run for re-election in 2024, an election that could be a repeat of 2020, as former President Donald Trump has already been campaigning for several months, despite mounting legal troubles.
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Virginia Board of Education Approves New School History Standards
After more than eight months of debate, the Virginia Board of Education has reached a compromise and approved new guidance on what the Commonwealth’s students will learn in history and social studies classes from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Here’s Where the Jan. 6 Criminal Proceedings Stand
As of March, about half of the more than 1,000 people charged have pleaded guilty and 445 defendants have been sentenced, according to the Justice department.
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DeSantis Ignores His Own Abortion Ban, Attacks So-Called ‘Woke Agenda’ During Visit to Liberty University
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently visited Liberty University in Lynchburg to speak at the Christian university’s Convocation. He used his 20-minute speech to attack what he vaguely calls the “woke agenda” and highlight his ongoing revenge campaign against Disney.
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House GOP’s First 100 Days: Few Results, Lots of Unpopular Ideas
House Republicans have spent their first 100 days in power discussing plans to cut social programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food assistance and conducting half-baked and conspiracy-fueled investigations.
