Author: Sarah Rankin
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Top Virginia Senate negotiator vows to keep Alexandria arena out of the budget
A top Democratic Virginia lawmaker is vowing to keep language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria out of the state budget
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Virginia’s Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the pandemic
There’s consensus in Virginia that the mental health care system is in need of reform, due to what Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says is an overreliance on hospitalization at a time of growing need
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Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing
Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia has easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature
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Graduate student charged with first-degree murder
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. • A University of North Carolina graduate student charged with killing his faculty adviser walked into a classroom building, shot the victim and then left, authorities said Tuesday, shedding light on an attack that led to a campuswide lockdown as police searched for the gunman. Tailei Qi, 34, was charged Tuesday with…
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County, governor spar over protests at justices’ homes
FALLS CHURCH, Va. • Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of U.S. Supreme Court justices living in the county after some have faced protests outside their homes. Youngkin, a Republican, made the request Wednesday in a letter to the county board…
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Murphy ekes out win in N.J., GOP’s Youngkin upsets in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. • Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey narrowly won reelection in his reliably blue state while a Republican political newcomer delivered a stunning upset in the Virginia governor’s race, sending a warning Wednesday to Democrats that their grip on power in Washington may be in peril. In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin became the…
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Youngkin leads closely watched Virginia governor’s race
FAIRFAX, Va. • Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race on Tuesday, tapping into culture war fights over schools and race to unite former President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters with enough suburban voters to become the first Republican to win statewide office here in 12 years. The 54-year-old Youngkin’s defeat of Democrat Terry McAuliffe…
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Tight Virginia race becomes referendum on Biden presidency
RICHMOND, Va. • A closely contested race for governor in Virginia entered its final hours Monday with Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin both hoping for last-minute momentum amid a contest that’s emerging as a referendum on Joe Biden’s presidency. McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014 to 2018, is scrambling to stave off…
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Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital
RICHMOND, Va. • A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away Wednesday, as the former capital of the Confederacy erased the last of the Civil War figures that once defined its most prominent thoroughfare. Hundreds of onlookers erupted in cheers and…
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More Virginia sites set to welcome Afghan immigrant influx
RICHMOND, Va. • Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration received notification Wednesday that the Department of Defense had authorized the use of Marine Corps Base Quantico to house Afghan refugees, as well as a national guard installation in central Virginia. Fort Lee, an Army training site in Virginia, was already housing immigrants who recently fled Afghanistan. Over…