Virginia school board member storms out of meeting over maskless saga

A Virginia school board chairwoman was filmed storming out of a meeting last week after a parent confronted her with photos showing her posing maskless in a “crowd of people” — after she berated parents for protesting local mask mandates.

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Virginia governor expected to sign bill ending school mask mandates

The legislation allows parents to opt their children out of wearing a mask in school without having to provide a reason, and would make the Republican governor the latest state leader to lift Covid-19 mitigation measures as case numbers decline

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Projected college basketball rankings after Duke upset by Virginia in Cameron

Duke came home after beating rival North Carolina and promptly got upset by Virginia to shake up the college basketball rankings moving forward.  This past weekend, the Duke Blue Devils made a tremendous statement. On the road in Chapel Hill

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Suspect who allegedly killed 2 officers in shooting at Virginia college charged with murder

Campus Police Officer John Painter and Campus Safety Officer JJ Jefferson were killed responding to emergency calls of a suspicious man at Bridgewater College, police said. The alleged gunman, identified by police as 27-year-old Alexander Wyatt Campbell, fled the campus

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Glenn Youngkin, a Republican financier, defeats Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race.

It’s highly unlikely, however, that the former president will let other Republicans sidestep him in next year’s midterm elections the way Mr. Youngkin did. The party’s victory in Virginia may only lull Republicans into believing that Mr. Trump no longer

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Republican Youngkin vows Virginia gov vote ‘isn’t gonna be close’

Republican Glenn Youngkin predicted Thursday night that he would roll to victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial election next week after a new poll showed him leading Democrat Terry McAuliffe by eight percentage points among likely voters in the commonwealth. “His campaign

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In Virginia Governor’s Race, Biden Barely Rates a Mention

Neither Mr. McAuliffe nor Mr. Youngkin has mentioned Mr. Biden in his ads, according to AdImpact, which tracks campaign commercials, underscoring how little he motivates voters in either party — a striking change after many years in which sitting presidents

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Analysis: There’s a lot for Republicans to like in this new Virginia governor’s poll

But dig deeper into the poll and you find even more for Republicans to like. * 1 in 5 registered voters said that education and schools was the most important issue in deciding their vote. That made it the second

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