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A Republican Lawmaker Delivered Doughnuts to Teachers. Then Came a Political Food Fight

The doughnut deliveries to 19 schools in the Williamsburg-James City County and New Kent County school districts were accepted. But — in a sign of the intensity of Virginia’s political debates over K-12 public schools — some in the Williamsburg-James City County system saw an ulterior motive hidden beneath the glaze and sprinkles.

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo voters cast their ballots under a giant mural at Robious Elementary school on Election Day, in Midlothian, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Virginia Joins Republican States Pulling Out of Multi-State Voter List Program

In a letter sent Thursday to the head of the Washington-based Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), Virginia Elections Commissioner Susan Beals said the state would no longer participate in the data-sharing program despite being one of seven founding states in 2012.

January 20, 2020 : Pro Second Amendment Gun Rights Rally on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol with crowds of people protesting the new gun laws. ButtermilkgirlVirginia on Shutterstock
After Applying for Funding Tied to Red Flag Law, Youngkin Officials Vague on Plans to Use It

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration last fall applied for federal funding meant to help Virginia continue to implement its red flag law, a gun control measure strongly opposed by many Republican lawmakers and gun rights activists. State officials say the roughly $5 million hasn’t been formally accepted and no decisions have been made about how it might be used.

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In FOIA Ruling, Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Public’s Right to be in Meeting Rooms

Government bodies in Virginia cannot ask the public to sit in a separate room and observe their meetings through a video feed only, according to the Supreme Court of Virginia. 

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo voters cast their ballots under a giant mural at Robious Elementary school on Election Day, in Midlothian, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Virginia Election Officials Change Process for Removing Dead People from Voter Rolls

The Virginia Department of Elections says it has “streamlined” the process of removing dead voters from the rolls by allowing local registrars to use obituaries to confirm deaths and creating a form meant to make it easier for family members to notify election offices after a death.

Duane Edwards, a former inmate who now works for Virginia Organizing, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Square in oppositoin to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s rights restoration policies. (Graham Moomaw/Virginia Mercury)
Democratic Senator Says He’s Meeting With Youngkin to Discuss Rights Restoration

State Senator Lionel Spruill will be meeting with Gov. Glenn Youngkin to discuss voting rights restoration to people who have felony convictions.

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As Virginia Budget Negotiations Drag On, Here’s What Hangs in the Balance

In normal years, Virginia’s budget plan is supposed to be pretty much done by April except for any late changes recommended by the governor. But for the second year in row, the politically split General Assembly is heading into spring under a cloud of uncertainty over when the budget will get done and what will be in it.