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A bill known as "Sage's Law" that failed in this year’s Virginia General Assembly and aims to ensure parental notification by public schools in cases where a student identifies as a gender other than his or her biological sex still has support among Republicans galvanized to retake the state Senate in the Nov. 7 election.
In solidarity with Nelson County and a growing number of localities in honoring the memory of slain Wintergreen police officer Mark Christopher "Chris" Wagner II, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday requesting the Line of Duty Act be amended to allow private officers to receive benefits under the legislation.
In dueling meetings happening blocks apart, 39 Lynchburg Republicans voted to rescind a censure of the city's vice mayor. The local party's chair deemed the meeting "not valid."
The Nelson County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution July 11 to recognize slain Wintergreen Police Officer Mark Christopher “Chris” Wagner II and request amendments to the Line of Duty Act.
The new legislation comes in response to the period during the COVID-19 pandemic when churches were forced to close, but liquor stores remained open.