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Oct 31 2023
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Youngkin order calls for crackdown on anti-Semitism, other religious hate crimes in Virginia
Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive directive Tuesday aimed at combatting antisemitism and other forms of anti-religious hatred in Virginia amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The governor's order instructs law enforcement to "increase information exchange and resource coordination on potential antisemitic acts" through a specialized situation room, Youngkin's office said in a news release
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Dec 20 2023
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Youngkin Presents a Regressive, Harmful Budget, Which Hopefully VA Senate and House Dems Will Treat Accordingly
See below for video of this morning’s joint meeting of Virginia’s House Appropriations, House Finance, and Senate Finance & Appropriations Committees, as Gov. Glenn Youngkin presented his regressive, harmful budget, and as Democrats’ questions were answered with pretty much no detail or seriousness. Also, see some commentary by VAPLAN/Cindy, Del. Alfonso Lopez, Sen. Adam Ebbin, Del. Don
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Sep 10 2023
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Gov. Youngkin Pardons Father Arrested At Loudoun County School Board Meeting
RICHMOND, NJ — Gov. Glenn Youngkin granted an absolute pardon to a parent arrested at a Loudoun County School Board meeting, officials announced Sunday.
Scott Smith had spoken at a June 2021 school board meeting in which tempers flared over state-mandated protections for transgender students. Smith claimed his daughter had been sexually assaulted in the school bathroom.
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Aug 03 2023
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Environmental groups challenging Youngkin on decision to pull Virginia from RGGI
The Southern Environmental Law Center is challenging the move by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state compact that has held energy costs for consumers in its member states in line as costs have risen sharply in the rest of the country. The SELC has served the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality a notice of appeal challenging
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May 31 2023
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Va. Gov. Youngkin deploys National Guard to Texas border
RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said Wednesday he’s deploying 100 National Guard troops to the U.S. border in Texas, heeding the call of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and following in the footsteps of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. “The ongoing border crisis facing our nation
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Jun 06 2024
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National D-Day memorial in Bedford commemorates 80th anniversary of D-Day
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Thousands gathered at the National D-Day Memorial in the town of Bedford in Bedford County on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in 1944. Elected officials, dignitaries, and service members, including Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, read stories from the brave men who participated in the Allied invasion of Normandy 80 years ago. “
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Sep 14 2023
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Youngkin signs bipartisan budget that boosts tax relief and school funding in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bipartisan state budget Thursday that provides $1 billion in tax relief and boosts spending on public education and mental health by hundreds of millions of dollars. The compromise spending plan by Virginia’s politically divided General Assembly after intense negotiations that extended into . The Republican governor made no amendments
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Jun 05 2024
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Schapiro: Ahead of D-Day anniversary, pols plan strategic retreat
Fancying themselves friends of the military — how could they not be in a state that's ranked No. 1 in defense spending and has the third-largest veterans population in the country? — Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the General Assembly are vowing to reverse a provision both sides supported in the soon-to-take-effect budget that aims to save taxpayers millions by tightening eligibility requirements for
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Nov 13 2023
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Youngkin, transportation officials break ground on highly anticipated I-64 Gap Widening Project
NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. -- In New Kent County, it was a ceremonial start to a long-awaited project that will finally complete the widening of I-64 and close a 29-mile gap in a heavily traveled corridor linking Richmond to Hampton Roads. On Monday, Governor Glenn Youngkin and transportation officials broke ground on the highly anticipated project. “We cannot leave the gap unfilled, and this is a
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