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The Republican Standard
- April 25, 2022
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Budget Compromise Not Expected in Time for Veto Session

The General Assembly will be back in town Wednesday to vote on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s amendments and vetoes to legislation passed earlier this year, but it is unlikely to have a budget compromise ready for approval by then. “Informally, the chairs are going back and forth a little bit, and we keep getting briefed, but […]

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Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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The Republican Standard
- April 23, 2022
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Youngkin Breaks New Ground Planting Earth Day Trees

POCAHONTAS STATE PARK, Virginia — Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady of Virginia Suzanne Youngkin planted two Eastern Redbud trees with the help of Patrick Copeland Elementary School kindergarteners in a Friday Earth Day celebration. Glenn Youngkin told the students the trees would help filter water, impacting the James River. “One of the things about Earth […]

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Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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The Republican Standard
- April 17, 2022
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CDC Study: Remote Learning Hurt Kids’ Mental Health

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When schools pivoted to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the first casualty was kids’ mental health. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed teenagers’ mental health from January 2021 to June 2021. Compared with 2019, the study found that the proportion of mental health–related emergency department visits in 2020 increased […]

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