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News Articles: Virginia

"We are a Commonwealth that believes in moving forward, not being tied down by the mistakes of our past," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement.

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  • Law

Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights

"Too many of our laws were written during a time of open racism and discrimination, and they still bear the traces of inequity," Gov. Ralph Northam said on Tuesday.

March 17, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation legalizing recreational use of marijuana and commercial sales starting in 2024.

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  • National

Virginia Lawmakers Sign Off On Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

The bill would legalize cannabis for recreational use by adults starting in 2024. But some Democrats and advocates say the legislation doesn't do enough to address racial disparites in drug laws.

February 28, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin
A statue of Robert E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol early Monday.

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  • National

Virginia Removes Its Robert E. Lee Statue From U.S. Capitol

The Confederate general's statue is expected to be replaced by one of civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who at 16 led a student walkout protesting inferior conditions at an all-Black high school.

December 21, 2020
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  • Merrit Kennedy
Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Lt. Keishea Jackson gets a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shot on Thursday.

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  • Medical Treatments

Maryland, Virginia To Send Extra COVID-19 Vaccine To D.C., Tripling Its Allotment

D.C.'s mayor urged the federal government to send more medicine to no avail. Now the states are sharing their supply to vaccinate health care workers who work in the capital but live elsewhere.

December 18, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
Bernard Cohen in a 1970s campaign poster when he ran for the Virginia House of Delegates. As a lawyer he successfully argued the Supreme Court case that established the legality of interracial marriage. He died this week at age 86.

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Bernard Cohen, Lawyer Who Argued Loving V. Virginia Case, Dies At 86

Cohen was just a few years out of law school when the ACLU asked if he would take on the case of Richard and Mildred Loving — an interracial couple whose marriage was illegal in their home state.

October 16, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
"I voted" stickers at the Arlington Art Center in Arlington, Va. Several prominent Virginians including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are calling for an extension to the voter registration deadline.

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  • Elections

Virginia Voter Registration Site Experiences Outage On Final Day To Register

Virginia election officials said the problem, which was caused by a severed fiber optic line, was fixed after nearly six hours. Several politicians called for the deadline to be extended.

October 14, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was mentioned as a potential target for kidnapping when a group met to discuss plots to punish governors for their response to the coronavirus, the FBI says. Northam is seen here at a news conference in June in Richmond.

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  • Law

Men In Alleged Kidnapping Plot Also Considered Targeting Virginia Governor, FBI Says

Special Agent Richard Trask revealed the Virginia connection for the first time on Tuesday, testifying in a federal court in Michigan.

October 13, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Ryan Lucas
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. on June 4. Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

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  • National

Virginia Unveils App To Aid Contact Tracing

Virginia's new COVIDWISE app is designed to alert users who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The app relies on Bluetooth to notify people who may be at risk.

August 05, 2020
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  • Sarah McCammon
The sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Va., named after the slaveholding Confederate general, photographed in 2017. The name was changed to Justice High School two years ago.

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  • Education

Virginia Governor Calls For Renaming Schools That Honor Confederate Leaders

Gov. Ralph Northam wrote a letter to school boards across the state saying he wants to change the names that have a "traumatizing impact on students, families, teachers and staff of all backgrounds."

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman

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