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Governor Northam Announces Legislative Steps to Increase Equity in State Procurement Posted by Staff | Feb 1, 2021 | News | | RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced the results of the Commonwealth’s disparity study, which demonstrate the need for narrowly tailored race- and gender-conscious measures to increase equitable opportunities for woman- and minority-owned businesses in state contracting. The outcomes of the study will guide the Northam Administration’s ongoing work with General Assembly leaders to increase supplier diversity and equity in the state procurement p...

Commission Selects Barbara Rose Johns to Represent Virginia in U.S. Capitol Posted by Staff | Dec 17, 2020 | News | | RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the Commission on Historical Statues in the United States Capitol voted to recommend civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns to represent Virginia in the National Statuary Hall Collection, replacing the existing statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Governor Northam announced earlier today that his proposed budget includes nearly $500,000 to replace the statue. On April 23, 1951, sixteen-year-old Barbara Rose Jo...