Bills that would ban college legacy admissions, promote safer gun storage around minors, and implement more restorative disciplinary practices in schools are among the pieces of legislation that have made it out of committee so far in the Virginia General Assembly. Failed bills include legislation about “outing” transgender students to
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A Senate subcommittee voted 9-6 to kill a bill that would require public elementary and secondary school principals to essentially “out” transgender or non-conforming students to their parents. The bill, SB 37, or “Sage’s Law,” introduced by Sen. John J. McGuire III (R – Powhatan) was discussed during the Education
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The Virginia Supreme Court Tuesday approved the revised state redistricting maps proposed by the two special masters it appointed to create them after a committee of citizens and lawmakers failed in its attempt to do so. The approval means that Henrico County will lose one of its six seats in
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Henrico County would be represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by only five delegates instead of six but would gain a third Virginia Senate member if the Virginia Supreme Court ultimately adopts the new district maps proposed by its two special masters Dec. 8. The new proposals would move
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Virginia HB 257, the law that was passed in 2020 dropping the requirement of school officials to report every potential crime to law enforcement, continues to be a key talking point for Republican candidates — even as a tool to attack their own. In the Seventh Congressional District, for instance, Republican
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