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Voices for Virginia’s Children reported that during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 25% of American high school students noted worsened emotional and cognitive health.

In Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s first two weeks in office, a “tip line” for concerned parents to report any “divisive practices” was met with a lot of negative reactions.

According to the Virginia Department of Education’s 2021 School Building Inventory, more than 50% of schools are at least 50 years old.

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced on Jan. 25 that it will no longer investigate every case of COVID-19 across the commonwealth. 

To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Glenn Youngkin highlighted important African Americans throughout Virginia’s history, despite not wanting to address historical and present racism into Virginia’s public school systems.

Former President Donald Trump spoke to supporters in Texas where he suggested that he’d pardon individuals, including more than 30 people from Virginia, who were involved in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

If more charter schools rise up and expand in Virginia, like Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to see happen, funding for public schools would decrease.

The fate of the Equal Rights Amendment hangs in the balance, but Virginia women continue pushing forward. 

Both the CDC and the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) still recommend that children wear masks. 

“Virginia is now of the view that the Constitution is silent on the question of abortion,” AG Jason Miyares wrote recently.