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- Democratic delegate tells ‘rape apologists’ to ‘eat s***’ virginiamercury.com/2019/02/22/say… by @nedoliver
- Leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates blocked @carterforva's effort to force vote on right-to-work repeal virginiamercury.com/blog-va/va-hou…
- Class action suit filed against Richmond Police over tear-gassing of protesters bit.ly/3fCFCjK
- COMMENTARY: Youngkin's removal of degree preferences from many state jobs was not only a long-overdue break for people who’ve had to hustle harder to get ahead, it was a smart, early recognition of and accommodation for the workforce of the future.
- ICYMI: Virginia's watchdog agency said it has closed its probe into the hiring of a Virginia trooper who killed three people in California while attempting to abduct a teenage girl, and there is no official report on what it found.
- Virginia General Assembly caps insulin prices at $50 a month virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virgin… by @kamamasters
- Virginia lawmakers propose decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virgin… By @nedoliver
- Metalheads with kazoos drown out Westboro Baptist Church at Capitol
- After an inquiry from right-wing media outlet Daily Wire about two websites listed on a Virginia Dept of Health webpage offering resources for LGBTQ youth, internal agency emails indicate Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration took the entire page down.
- With $1.9 billion in unanticipated state revenues, Youngkin is proposing $400M in new taxpayer relief. But some Democrats said the money, which largely comes from taxes on investments, should go to pressing state needs like worker salaries and schools.
- Amid dire shortages of local news outlets nationwide, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, is backing a resolution recognizing the industry “serves an essential function in the democracy of the United States.” virginiamercury.com/blog-va/warner…
- Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation banning the "panic" defense in crimes targeting LGBTQ people bit.ly/3sMhWQu via @vcucns
- COMMENTARY: “I think that because we’ve come so far in history, we think that things can’t happen anymore. And we forget racism isn’t something that we just leave in the past. It’s something that can pop up at any time.”
