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- February 5, 2023
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TRS Sunday Post: China Isn’t the Only One with a Burst Balloon

School choice, abortion, critical race theory, education reform — all put on the backburner as Youngkin pushes for $1 billion in tax relief. So we finally shot down the Chinese spy satellite weather balloon. Interestingly enough, the Biden administration knew about the balloon and was prepared to let it go so as not to interrupt Secretary Blinken’s trip […]

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- January 3, 2023
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Republicans Target Northam-Era Environmental Mandate

Virginia Republicans have introduced several bills to repeal legislation that ties Virginia’s vehicle emissions rules to California’s standards. Republican efforts to repeal Democrat-passed pro-environment legislation failed in the Senate in 2022 and are likely to face the same fate this year, but Republicans are drawing new urgency from a summer 2022 move by California regulators to ban the sale […]

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- August 26, 2022
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Miyares Makes “Back To School” Stop In Gilpin Court

RICHMOND, Virginia — Attorney General Jason Miyares stopped at the Calhoun Community Center in Gilpin Court, a low-income neighborhood with a local reputation for violence. Miyares met privately with local leaders and parents and handed out backpacks with school supplies to residents as part of a series of stops he is making around Virginia. “I came […]

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- July 22, 2022
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Youngkin Tours Empower AI New Richmond Data Center

Empower AI, a provider of artificial intelligence technology for Medicare and Medicaid, held a grand opening at its new office outside Richmond. Governor Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of Health and Human Resources John Littel toured the office with company officials. “We think about the role that Medicaid and Medicare plays in the lives of so […]

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- July 6, 2022
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Report: Richmond Police Thwarted a Potential July 4 Mass Shooting

Coming after the news of the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Richmond Police received a tip about a potential mass shooting on July 4 and were able to thwart the attack before it happened. In a report from Fox News, Richmond police say the tip led to the seizure assault rifles, a handgun, […]

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- June 15, 2022
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Youngkin Lands Billion Dollar Investment from LEGO

Governor Youngkin has announced that global toy manufacturer the LEGO Group plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a factory in suburban Richmond, Virginia. As reported by WTOP, the factory, expected to open in 2025, will feature a carbon-neutral design and will employ more than 1,760 people, according to a news release. Youngkin […]

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- June 11, 2022
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Richmond School May Have Discovered a Treasure Trove of Sex Work Material In School

A public school in Richmond Virginia says it may have more than 4,000 lesson plans, emails, and other materials about “sex work,” but if concerned parents want details, they will have to pay $20,000 to find out. According to the Daily Wire, the Richmond district’s potential trove of disturbing materials was revealed when officials responded […]

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- June 3, 2022
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City of Richmond Officials, Casino Developers Threaten Legal Action After General Assembly Blocks 2022 Casino Referendum

The recently-passed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget includes language blocking the City of Richmond from holding another casino referendum until November 2023. Richmond officials have called for a 2022 referendum after voters rejected a casino in 2021, but State Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) is instead pushing for Petersburg to be granted a casino license, and on Thursday afternoon, […]

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- May 20, 2022
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Virginia Woman Guilty of Scamming $1.2 Million in Covid-19 Relief Funds

A Richmond woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to swindling Virginia and U.S. out of more than $1 million in COVID relief funds by using victims’ personal information that she obtained through her state government employment, a prosecutor said. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, court documents show that in one scheme, […]

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- April 4, 2022
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Court Upholds Conviction of Man Who Shot at Richmond Officers

In 2020, Anthony J. Slayton, was found guilty of shooting at police officers who were patrolling the streets around a public housing complex in Richmond and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Two years later, the Virginia appeals court has upheld the conviction, dismissing his argument the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient […]

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