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- March 13, 2019
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Virginia Enacts Law Allowing School Nurses To Administer Opioid Overdose Drugs

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“More people died of overdose last year than died in the Vietnam War,” Delegate John McGuire said, speaking to the nationwide numbers of opioid-related deaths.

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- March 12, 2019
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Healthcare Provisions In Trump’s Budget Would Give States Control Over Medicaid

Although the plan is impossible to pass with a Democratic majority in Congress, leaving Virginia in control of Medicaid funding via federal block grants could reignite last year’s expansion battle.

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- March 12, 2019
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Virginia Unemployment Rate Holds At 2.8 Percent For Sixth Consecutive Month

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The last time Virginia’s unemployment rate was this low was April 2001.

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- March 11, 2019
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Virginia High School Student Had ‘Trump 2020’ Flag Wrapped Around Neck By School Employee

“The York County School Division is aware of the video being circulated on social media depicting an interaction between a para-educator and a student…administrators are continuing to review this personnel matter,” a statement reads.

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- March 8, 2019
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State Senator Frank Wagner Announces Retirement After 28 Years In Virginia Legislature

“It has been one of the highest honors of my life to serve the citizens of the Commonwealth. I want to thank the citizens of Virginia Beach and Norfolk for giving me that privilege,” Wagner said.

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- March 5, 2019
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VA Dems Executive Calls African-American Conservatives ‘Embarrassment To America’

“Dinesh D’Souza and the rest of that group are an embarrassment to America. We can’t wait for them to exit our Commonwealth,” said a Virginia Democratic Party spokesman as “Blexit” came to Richmond over the weekend.

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- March 5, 2019
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Delegate Steve Landes Plans To Retire From House, Run For Circuit Court Clerk

At a press conference this afternoon, Republican Delegate Steve Landes is set to announce his retirement from the Virginia legislature and announce his candidacy for the Augusta County Circuit Court Clerk.

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- March 4, 2019
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Virginia Republicans Set Their Sights On Improving Healthcare In 2019 Legislative Session

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From increasing coverage for those with autism, expanding telemedicine, and raising the minimum age to buy tobacco and alternative nicotine products, over a dozen bills from the GOP will assist in promoting better healthcare and healthcare coverage for Virginians.

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- March 1, 2019
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Sex Trafficking Legislation Large Part Of GOP’s Pledge Keeping Communities Safe

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Measures to mitigate human and sex trafficking were a large part of the Republican Party’s agenda in the 2019 legislative session in Richmond, which included other bills to enhance the criminal justice system.

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- February 28, 2019
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Virginia Republicans Continue Progress On Statewide Adoption Reform

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GOP lawmakers passed legislation during this year’s 46-day session to help reform adoption procedures in Virginia.

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