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The Democratic governor delivered her State of the State address Tuesday evening to a joint session of the Maine Legislature three months after Army reservist Robert Card killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city.

On May 31, 2019, a city engineer shot and killed 12 people and injured five others before being fatally shot by the police. Five years later, the community is still healing and implementing new systems to prevent violence.

Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year.

Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year.

Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year.

Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year.

Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year.

Addressing a need for long-term care for shooting survivors and families, Virginia has allocated $10 million to cover expenses not met by insurance or donations.

Virginia’s next biennial budget could have a pool of money set aside toward supporting victims of mass violence events in the Commonwealth.