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There seems to be a disturbing, growing sense that Gov Youngkin overreached when he forbade school districts from requiring mask mandates. The problem, advocates are admitting, is that Virginia's legislature passed a law requiring school boards to comply with CDC guidelines. But the law says only that they must do so "to the extent practicable." Here's the thing: The new law did not mandate masks per se. It could have. It could also define what CDC guidelines could be deemed impracticable and what could be deemed mandatory. It did not. And that phrase, "to the extent practicable" is there for...

With all of the crazy things flying around the internet these days, we decided we would try and make sense of the upcoming / current and proposed gun law changes in Virginia.

In what election officials will likely deem a "calibration error," an electronic election computer switched Republican votes for Congress to Democrat votes. The machine is in the 2nd Congressional District of Virginia. In that race, Scott Rigell is facing Suzanne Patrick. However, in a video posted to YouTube today, a voter tries to vote for Rigell twice. Both times, though the voter clearly chooses Rigell, the vote is switched to Patrick: And then the person votes: The person undeniably tries to vote for Rigell, but the machine switches the vote. The person then tries to vote for Rigell again, but...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Police are investigating whether a hate crime took place when someone left a bag of burned Korans in front of an Islamic center. Members of the Islamic Center of Blacksburg were shocked when they arrived at the building for Saturday prayers and found a plastic shopping bag filled with burned copies of the Koran at the front door. "It is a shame that people are so ignorant," said Idris Adjerid, 20, a member of the center. Mr. Adjerid told the Roanoke Times that he has attended the center since 1997 and nothing like this has happened...

SUFFOLK -- Vehicle by vehicle, the Confederate battle flag is joining the ranks of Harley Davidson wings and Lions Club shields on Virginia license plates, sparking little public debate. After a three-year court battle, some members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans are proudly displaying plates with a small Confederate flag logo on a shadowy background of three Confederate horsemen. Similar license plates bearing the Confederate flag have already been available in other states, including Maryland and North Carolina. In Virginia, a spokesman for the Department of Motor Vehicles said about 550 people have added $10 to their vehicle registration...