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Glenn Youngkin’s policies on the treatment of transgender students and rule that school districts are not required to follow them. But opponents argue that the policies violate the law by codifying discrimination against transgender students. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of two transgender students: one, a high school student in York County, the other, a middle school student in Hanover County. Ralph Northam’s administration were praised by advocates for transgender students, but many school boards did not adopt them. Some school boards with conservative majorities have adopted the policies, while some liberal-leaning school boards, especially in northern Virginia, have resisted.
Persons: Glenn Youngkin’s, Youngkin, ” Andrew Ewalt, Ralph Northam’s, Jason Miyares, Macaulay Porter, Katherine Goff, Chris Whitley Organizations: , of Education, Republican Gov, Democratic, York, Virginia Department of, Democratic Gov, Department of Education, Republican, York County School Division, Legislative Affairs, Hanover County Public Schools Locations: RICHMOND, Va, Virginia, York County, Hanover County, Hanover
Virginia is not the only state grappling with skill games, but the efforts there reflect points in a larger debate nationwide as they have exploded in popularity. It is also backed by skill games producer Pace-O-Matic, which has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations to legislators in recent years. It would tax skill games revenue at 15% and would not explicitly limit the total number of machines that could exist. The skill games debate is a rare issue that doesn't split along partisan lines, and lawmakers have gone around and around on it for years. The General Assembly voted in 2020 to ban skill games, taking on the issue at the same time they were clearing the way for casinos for the first time.
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Virginia is a critical Southern battleground in the fight over abortion policy ahead of 2024. Winsome Sears and now-Attorney General Jason Miyares in a GOP sweep that put Democrats on notice that Virginia still had a purplish tinge. The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesA GOP trifecta would be a stunning development for Virginia, which only two years ago had a government controlled by Democrats, with then-Gov. This year, Democrats in the state Senate were able to block his proposal, making the chamber a bulwark against his plans.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn has decided against a bid for governor in 2025 and will instead run next year to represent the competitive northern Virginia congressional seat being vacated by a fellow Democrat, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton. “This is an unfair, devastating reality that she now has to navigate,” Filler-Corn said, adding that she had discussed her plans with Wexton. The open seat dynamic in the Loudoun County-centered 10th District — Filler-Corn said she lives just outside it — could set up a competitive race with implications for party control of the U.S. House. Filler-Corn is a strong fundraiser who led the Democratic House caucus during the national scandal and party strife that exploded after the 2019 discovery of a racist photo in former Gov. Neither has publicly committed to a run and both have also said they are focused on this year's legislative races.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ban on electronic skill games in Virgnia went back into effect Friday after the state Supreme Court vacated an injunction that allowed thousands of the betting machines to remain in gas stations, bars and conveniece stores. The injunction was issued by a lower court in an ongoing lawsuit that argues the ban is a violation of free speech. But a panel of three Supreme Court justices found that the suit is unlikely to succeed. The games look and play like slot machines, though manufacturers say there is an element of skill involved. The General Assembly passed legislation outlawing skill games in 2020, but former Gov.
Persons: Virgnia, Ralph Northam Organizations: Court, Commonwealth, Alcoholic Beverage Control Locations: RICHMOND, Va
Glenn Youngkin of Virginia is reconsidering a 2024 presidential run, per a recent Axios report. But such a decision would be rife with peril, with Youngkin far down the pack of GOP contenders. Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at his rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023. As of May 31, the GOP polling average on FiveThirtyEight had Trump ahead of DeSantis 54.1%-20.7%, with former Gov. Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, left, gavels to order the special session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, Va., on September 7, 2022.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump took questions from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and audience members during a televised town hall on Wednesday, with the 2024 Republican front-runner pressing for a second White House term. Trump received 74.2 million votes in the 2020 presidential election, surpassing former President Barack Obama’s record number of votes for an incumbent candidate. State governments, courts and members of Trump’s administration have repeatedly rejected claims made by the former president that the 2020 election was stolen (here). CLAIM“We were energy independent” during the Trump administration. For more details on the U.S. border wall during the Trump administration, see (here).
There is no evidence that former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam threatened to kill those who refuse to give up their guns, contrary to a misattributed statement circulating on social media. Then, if you still refuse to comply I’ll have you killed.”Reuters found no evidence Northam ever said this. The claims have circulated online since at least December 2019 (tinyurl.com/34kjx5zj), amid the former governor’s push for stronger gun laws in Virginia (here). During his State of the Commonwealth Address, on Jan. 8, 2020, Northam also said: “No one is calling out the National Guard. There is no evidence Northam ever threatened to kill those who refuse to give up their guns.
State Sen. Jennifer McClellan is on track to become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress after she won the Democratic primary Thursday to fill the seat of Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin, who died last month from cancer. Lamont Bagby, the chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, in the primary. Morrissey resigned from his state House seat in 2014, but he then ran for that same seat as an independent and won in 2015 — while serving time in jail. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia also threw his support behind her. McClellan had also won the support of other Black leaders in the district, including Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney.
Senate and House leadership from both parties manned the phones, contacting local, state and federal authorities to call up the National Guard, D.C. police and other security forces to secure the Capitol. These bipartisan efforts were led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who showed remarkable composure and leadership in the face of physical danger. She is also one of the most effective speakers in history, and she does it while battling the double standards that apply to powerful women. Days after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, Pelosi’s caucus in the House passed the bill without a single Democratic defection. As Pelosi established a new vision for House leadership, she did so with careful attention to detail.
The Jan. 6 committee met on Thursday and unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump. "I think the testimony, the video are absolutely devastating," Biden said, during an unscheduled trip to Baskin-Robbins. "I mean, the case has been made, it seems to me fairly overwhelming," Biden said on Saturday, commenting on the facts presented by the House committee. During Thursday's hearing, the Jan. 6 House committee unanimously voted to subpoena Trump, who said he would only speak to the committee if his comments were televised live, The New York Times reported. House Committee did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
A presidential historian said that Trump was "enjoying the violence" during the Jan. 6 riot. He was watching TV and, by most accounts, enjoying the violence and enjoying the fact that so many people seemed to be demonstrating on his behalf." And all at the instigation of the president of the United States." He said that no other president would have been as "hands-off" as Trump if a riot occurred while they were in office. He did it because he wanted violence because he thought that was a way of staying in office."
Pelosi's daughter, documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, captured the moment and many others on Jan. 6 in footage shot for HBO and first obtained by CNN. "Tell him if he comes here, we’re going to the White House," the speaker jokes, reacting to Trump's speech at the White House ellipse earlier in the day. The video at the hearing also showed Pelosi speaking to Virginia Gov. The footage also showed Pelosi speaking to Vice President Mike Pence by phone two separate times that day about how they could resume the certification of the 2020 election results. Pelosi and Trump had a highly strained relationship throughout his presidency, which included the moment in 2019 when she and other Democratic leaders walked out of a White House meeting with Trump after he had what Pelosi described as a "meltdown."
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. “Thank you very much, Mr. vice president,” Pelosi says on the call. “Good news.”Trump privately knew he had lostPublicly, Trump insisted he was being robbed of an election he won. The president told chief of staff Mark Meadows “something to the effect of, 'I don’t want people to know we lost, Mark. “Claims that President Trump actually thought the election was stolen are not supported by fact and not a defense,” Cheney said.
Share this -Link copiedCommittee votes to subpoena Trump The committee voted on Thursday unanimously to subpoena Trump. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress. "Even before the networks called the race for President Biden on Nov. 7th, his chances of pulling out a victory were virtually nonexistent, and President Trump knew it," Kinzinger said. “At times, President Trump acknowledged the reality of his loss. “What did President Trump know?
WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection presented previously unseen video Thursday of congressional leaders pleading for help from governors, the acting secretary of defense and the acting attorney general as rioters attacked the Capitol. The video montage began with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walking through the Capitol flanked by security guards at 2:23 p.m. The video from Thursday's hearing shows Pelosi and other congressional leaders repeatedly asking for help from law enforcement. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic Senate whip, appeared in another clip with leaders. "What we are being told very directly is it’s going to take days for the Capitol to be OK again," Pelosi told Pence.
Video showed Pelosi and Schumer, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, and Republican Senator John Thune calling the Department of Defense asking for military backup to help clear the Capitol complex. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterPelosi and Schumer also called acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen. The footage also showed Pelosi and top House Democrats being told that members of the House were pulling on gas masks. In the video, she said she planned to call Larry Hogan, governor of Maryland, about sending the National Guard from his state. Many of those present - including reporters and congressional staff - were in the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.
Congressional leaders huddled together in a secure location on January 6, according to new footage. Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell and others had called Pence and national security officials for more support. Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, and other congressional leaders also huddled to ask for help and updates from the Defense Department as the hours went by. And let me say, you can logistically get people there as you make the plan," Pelosi said on the phone. Other members of Congress seen in the footage include Republicans House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Senate Minority Whip John Thune.
Students across Virginia protested Tuesday in response to new guidelines putting restrictions on transgender students in the state’s public schools. “Trans students are students just like everybody else. "While students exercise their free speech today, we’d note that these policies state that students should be treated with compassion and schools should be free from bullying and harassment." Students have begun to walk out of Northern Virginia schools in protest of Gov. "When Barbara Johns walked out, people told her she should have stayed put too," Virginia state Del.
Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements. Regarding parental notification, the guidelines say school divisions may not encourage teachers to conceal information about a student’s gender from his or her parents. And they say parents must be given an opportunity to object before counseling services pertaining to gender are offered. Democrats, the Virginia Education Association and LGBTQ advocacy groups, meanwhile, criticized Youngkin, saying the changes would harm vulnerable children. But many school boards never complied, according to a recent analysis by Equality Virginia, an LGBTQ advocacy group.
Guvernatorul statului american Virginia, Ralph Northam, a semnat miercuri legea de legalizare a posesiei de marijuana în cantitate mică, acest stat devenind primul din sudul SUA care autorizează consumul recreativ al acestui drog, transmite Agerpres.Într-o încercare de a combate disparităţile rasiale în ce priveşte inculparea infracţiunilor legate de marijuana, Virginia a grăbit calendarul de adoptare a legii, ce va intra în vigoare la 1 iulie, în loc să aştepte până în 2024. 'Peste 72 de zile, Virginia nu îi va mai sancţiona pe adulţii care posedă cantităţi mici de marijuana', a declarat guvernatorul la ceremonia de semnare a legii.Northam s-a referit la un raport al unei comisii legislative potrivit căruia locuitorii afro-americani au un risc de peste trei ori să fie arestaţi pentru deţinere de cantităţi mici de marijuana. 'Mergem înainte pe un drum care promovează echitatea, le oferă un cazier curat celor cu condamnări anterioare şi reinvesteşte în comunităţi afectate de supraincriminare', a scris el pe Twitter.Legea, semnată la o zi după aşa-numita zi neoficială a marijuanei, 20 aprilie (cunoscută şi ca 4/20), autorizează persoanele care au împlinit 21 de ani să deţină o cantitate maximă de o uncie (28,4 grame) de marijuana.Locuitorii din Virginia pot cultiva acasă până la patru plante de canabis pentru consum propriu.Autorizaţiile pentru a produce şi vinde marijuana nu vor fi acordate însă mai devreme de 1 iulie 2024.Luni, Camera Reprezentanţilor a Congresului american a adoptat o lege care permite băncilor să ofere servicii financiare companiilor ce comercializează canabis în state în care aceasta este legală, o etapă spre eliminarea a ceea ce analiştii numesc o barieră în calea dezvoltării unei industrii naţionale în domeniu.
Persons: Ralph Northam, Twitter.Legea Locations: american Virginia, SUA, Virginia
Guvernatorul statului american Virginia, Ralph Northam, a ordonat duminică declanşarea unei anchete după difuzarea de imagini în care se putea vedea cum doi poliţişti îşi îndreaptă armele asupra unui militar de culoare şi îl stropesc pe faţă cu spray paralizant, scrie Agerpres. Imaginile îl arată pe locotenentul Caron Nazario, afro şi latino-american, întrebând de mai multe ori cu ce a greşit şi declarând „asta-i o porcărie totală”, în timp ce poliţiştii îi ordonă să iasă din maşină. Nazario, care purta uniformă militară, se afla la volanul unei maşini noi ce nu avea încă plăcuţe de înmatriculare permanente atunci când poliţiştii i-au cerut să oprească. Guvernatorul statului Virginia a informat într-un comunicat că îi va cere poliţiei să declanşeze „o anchetă independentă”, subliniind că înregistrarea video este „degradantă şi i-a stârnit furia”. Poliţia americană este acuzată frecvent de rasism şi de violenţe.
Persons: Ralph Northam, poliţişti, Caron Nazario, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd Organizations: Agerpres Locations: american Virginia, american, Virginia, Minneapolis, menţinându, SUA
Senatul şi Camera Reprezentanţilor au votat miercuri în favoarea autorizării ca adulţii să poată deţine marijuana de la 1 iulie, în ciuda opoziţiei energice a aleşilor republicani.Guvernatorul democrat de Virginia, Ralph Northam, a declarat că statul său "a scris istorie devenind primul din Sud care legalizează deţinerea simplă de marijuana". "Legile privind marijuana erau concepute explicit pentru a viza comunităţile de oameni de culoare, iar persoanele de culoare din Virginia avea un risc disproporţionat de mare de a fi arestate, puse sub acuzare şi condamnate", a afirmat Northam. "În prezent, Virginia a făcut un pas important pentru a corecta aceste scăpări şi pentru a restabili dreptatea pentru cei care au fost afectaţi de anii de supra-criminalizare", a adăugat el.Mai multe state americane, cum sunt New York sau Colorado, au luat măsuri similare, însă Virginia este o deschizătoare de drumuri în Sudul SUA, o regiune care este foarte conservatoare social şi politic.Însă fumatul unui joint în spaţiul public nu va fi permis, aşa cum se întâmplă cu consumul de alcool.Autorizaţiile pentru a produce şi vinde marijuana nu vor fi acordate mai devreme de 1 iulie 2024. "Legalizarea va duce la dispariţia a mii de infracţiuni minore legate de marijuana în fiecare an, punând capăt unei practici discriminatorii care îi vizează prea des pe locuitorii tineri, săraci şi de culoare din Virginia", a declarat Jenn Michelle Pedini, o reprezentantă a NORML, una dintre principalele organizaţii de lobby pro-canabis.
Persons: Ralph Northam, Michelle Pedini Locations: Virginia, Sud, New York, Colorado, SUA
Virginia, care deţine recordul la numărul de execuţii pe teritoriul SUA, a devenit miercuri primul stat din fostul Sud segregaţionist care a abolit pedeapsa cu moartea, transmite Agerpres. Abolirea pedepsei cu moartea este „ceea ce trebuie făcut”, a subliniat el. Virginia se alătură altor 22 de state americane în care pedeapsa cu moartea a fost deja abolită, însă decizia sa este cu atât mai simbolică cu cât niciun stat din fostul Sud segregaţionist nu a făcut încă acest pas. Guvernatorul Northam a subliniat istoria „lungă şi complicată” a Virginiei, unde „rasismul şi discriminările din trecutul nostru se repetă astăzi în sistemul nostru'” judiciar. De atunci, Virginia a executat 1.391 de condamnaţi, conform Centrului de informare privind pedeapsa cu moartea (DPIC), mai mult decât orice alt teritoriu american.
Persons: Ralph Northam, Northam Organizations: Agerpres, Virginiei Locations: Virginia, SUA, Sud, Greensville, Jamestown, american, Africa
Abolirea pedepsei cu moartea este „ceea ce trebuie făcut”, a subliniat el. Guvernatorul Northam a subliniat istoria „lungă şi complicată” a Virginiei, unde „rasismul şi discriminările din trecutul nostru se repetă astăzi în sistemul nostru’” judiciar. De atunci, Virginia a executat 1 391 de condamnaţi, conform Centrului de informare privind pedeapsa cu moartea (DPIC), mai mult decât orice alt teritoriu american. Guvernatorul Northam a subliniat istoria „lungă şi complicată” a Virginiei, unde „rasismul şi discriminările din trecutul nostru se repetă astăzi în sistemul nostru’” judiciar. De atunci, Virginia a executat 13 91 de condamnaţi, conform Centrului de informare privind pedeapsa cu moartea (DPIC), mai mult decât orice alt teritoriu american.
Persons: Ralph Northam, Northam Organizations: Virginiei Locations: Virginia, SUA, Sud, Greensville, Jamestown, american, Africa, AGERPRES
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