Fairfax County found that elderly Black and Latino residents are underrepresented in vaccine distribution, and Montgomery County says its wealthiest neighborhoods are getting vaccinated at much higher rates than mixed income ones as the Washington region struggles to equitably distribute vaccines.
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Landmark legislation that would make Virginia the first state in the South to legalize marijuana is heading toward its first full votes before the House and Senate this week.
And while the proposal has garnered consistent â and in some cases bipartisan â support, significant debate remains on key details of the proposal, including when and how criminal penalties should be rolled back as the state begins working to establish a legal marketplace for the drug.
Lawmakers and advocates said the question became even more important last week as the legislation was amended in both the House and Senate to push the start of retail sales to Jan. 1, 2024, a full year later than the 2023 date proposed by Gov. Ralph Northam.
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City of Threads, 2019.
Last month, the non-profit arts organization at 3550 Wilson Blvd in the Virginia Square area announced that it is conducting a national search to hire a new leader.
The search is being headed up by D.C.-based Good Insight, which specializes in recruiting executive-level talent for non-profits.
Former executive director Holly Koons departed in October to become director of the newly-opened Christopher Newport University Fine Arts Center in Newport News. Koons was with AAC for four years.
In the meantime, the arts center’s Board of Directors has named Blair Murphy, Curator of Exhibitions since 2018, to serve as acting director.
Newest Wason Center Poll highlights priorities of Virginia voters I Voted sticker (Source: WVIR) By WDBJ Newsroom | February 2, 2021 at 10:20 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 10:20 AM
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WDBJ) - The newest poll from Christopher Newport Universityâs Wason Center for Civic Leadership gives a glimpse of what is important to Virginia voters as the 2021 General Assembly debates new laws and the state budget.
The poll showed Virginia voters strongly back legalizing marijuana, requiring employees to provide paid sick leave and repealing the death penalty. When it comes to priorities for increased state spending, voters ranked health care and K-12 education highest and tourism and prisons lowest.
‘It’s just another person dead’: Fight to end Virginia’s death penalty gaining momentum
Montgomery County Cpl. Eric Sutphin was killed in 2006
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RICHMOND, Va. – Efforts to end the death penalty in Virginia are moving forward in the General Assembly.
Eliminating capital punishment would be a future much different than its past. The commonwealth ranks second in the country for most executions since 1976.
“To me, it seems like an unjust system,” said Rachel Sutphin, who supports abolishing the death penalty.
Sutphin is among those backing Senate Bill 1165 and House Bill 2263. Removing the death penalty from Virginia is something she’s been pushing for since the Commonwealth’s most recent execution of William Morva in 2017.