Virginia will send six Democrats and five Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives following midterms elections, which included three hotly contested bellwethers indicating the potential for a national red wave.
About 40 people lay on the ground in silence in front of the Capitol Square Bell Tower on Oct. 23. The crowd remained on the ground for a few minutes in honor of transgender students who have not felt safe at school.
A burst pipe started shooting water several feet into the air outside Lora Robins Court on Oct. 20 as a construction crew worked to repair a broken line going into the Westhampton Deanery.
URPD is investigating a Sept. 3 altercation between several students and a delivery driver in which a first-year student was filmed repeatedly punching and kicking the driver’s car and fighting the driver. The delivery driver pulled a gun as the student continued to taunt him.
Legro will stay at UR as a professor of political science after the summer, Hallock said in the Sept. 1 announcement. A replacement has not been found.
Senate Democrats in the Commerce and Labor Committee blocked a bill Monday that aimed to reverse legislation giving public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Virginia’s minimum wage increased to $11 an hour on Jan. 1 as part of a plan to gradually increase it to $15 while dodging challenges from Republicans.
School officials and parents continue to navigate challenges with contact tracing, quarantining and vaccinations while many aspects of life returned to normal.
Republican Glenn Youngkin narrowly won the race for Virginia’s governor with 51.05% of the votes, defeating former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
The Virginia Public Access Project published donor distributions for the House races, revealing differing trends between candidates running in the 73rd District.
