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Fairfax County Public Schools have settled a lawsuit with disability rights organizations and families over the district’s harsh punishments like physical restraints and seclusion used on special-ed students. Many consider those implements and techniques overly harsh for the school setting and counterproductive. Per WTOP: But some parents who belong to the Fairfax County Special Education […]
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project has reviewed Virginia’s newly proposed legislative and congressional maps. (Virginia Scope) They scored the congressional draft as an “A” overall and in Partisan Fairness, with “Cs” in Competitiveness and Geography. “It has five pretty safe D seats, 2 very safe R seats, 2 lean R seats, and 2 lean D seats (for a […]
Virginia’s proposed congressional map has been made public. The new lines leave Democrats with a fighting chance to retain control of the majority of the Commonwealth’s congressional districts. But at least one Democrat has been stranded. As POLITICO reports: Virginia’s new potential congressional map would give Democrats a fighting chance to hang onto their current […]
A boat parade in Yorktown took a turn for the surreal when the foundation sponsoring the event stripped the winning boat’s owner of his award. What was the offense, you ask? Spelling the words “Let’s go Brandon” with Christmas lights. As Fox News reports: The boat was awarded first place at the annual Yorktown Lighted […]
Youngkin’s commitment to end the carbon tax is a net win for Virginia ratepayers, writes TJIPP’s Stephen Haner.
Meanwhile, Youngkin’s discipline and interview-by-committee approach indicates a move towards serious-minded pragmatism in Richmond. Some good news this morning as Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares announced his first major hire by selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next Solicitor General. Ferguson comes with high marks for distinction, graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, clerking under […]
A holiday reading display at the Fairfax County Library was promptly taken down after a public outcry. The display showcased the controversial books “Gender Queer” and “Lawn Boy” alongside the Bible. Per Fox News: “The Dolley Madison Library holiday reading display was intended to highlight the freedom to read and the fact that many library […]
The City of Richmond has joined four other regions in Virginia using the Marcus Alert. The law, passed last year, aims to minimize the likelihood of individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health crises from going to jail. A trained professional will first attempt to resolve the situation over the phone in mental health calls—before deciding […]
Today, the City of Richmond will begin removing the last portion of what had become an increasingly contentious statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Only one monument remains on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, honoring a black man: Richmond native and tennis champ Arthur Ashe. Although the vision for what Monument Avenue may become remains incomplete, […]
The last surviving officer of Easy Company featured in Stephen Ambrose’s book “Band of Brothers,” and the HBO miniseries of the same name has died. Col. Edward “Ed” Shames was 99 and a Norfolk native. The New York Post further reports: Born in Norfolk on June 13, 1922, Shames was the oldest surviving member of […]
