Virginia Mercury: ‘Transparency groups file brief on working papers exemption in tip line case’ (Republished with permission under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.) Ten media and transparency organizations including the Virginia Coalition for Open Government have filed an amici brief with the Virginia Court of Appeals, urging it to uphold a lower court ruling ordering the […]
“Either you support parents’ rights or not, That’s how simple it is for me,” Spotsylvania School Board Chair Lisa Phelps, said in an August 17 Free Lance-Star story about implementing a new conservative transgender student policy. “If you support parents’ rights or not, this vote is very telling.” Oh really? So now the chairwoman of the county […]
August 25, 2023
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Leigh Anne Van Doren is the publisher and the owner of Fredericksburg Parent and Family, who shares her thoughts about moms as an underserved community, the importance of pre-K development, and how the Dolly Parton Imagination Library is putting great books into tiny hands. Plus plenty of discussion about the new FXBG Advance. You can […]
On April 22, 2022, University of Mary Washington President Troy Paino sent a community-wide email calling for an external review of UMW’s entire student conduct system. The call was in response to an investigative piece I published in The Weekly Ringer, UMW’s independent student newspaper, exposing how the Office of Student Conduct and Responsibility had mishandled on-campus […]
Forty tons. That’s how much food is distributed by Jacob’s Ladder each month to people in need, and it all started when three men recognized they shared a common goal: to help their struggling neighbors. Reverend Dr. Frank Lacey of Touch Hearts Christian Center connected with Brian Gillespie and John Roller, both of The Church […]
Best of Virginia Non-Profit News Virginia Mercury: Virginia increases training requirements for students in tattoo schools Starting Sept. 1, Virginia students seeking a tattooing license through a school will have to undergo more hours of training following regulatory changes. Cardinal News: Restoring Jefferson’s country retreat was Travis McDonald’s life’s work. Retirement hasn’t changed that. For more than […]
