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Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly, Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session. In a statement late Friday, May 17, 2024, Youngkin said he was signing seven measures but vetoing 48. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Va. Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception, Confederate heritage tax breaks

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court won’t hear case over Confederate flag on North Carolina license plates

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 photo provided by Orange County Cemetery District shows workers preparing to remove a large granite monument put up in 2004 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the Santa Ana Cemetery in Santa Ana, Calif. The monument to Confederate soldiers has been removed from a Southern California cemetery after being vandalized with red paint and the word &quot;racists.&quot; The Orange County Register reports the marker was removed Thursday from the cemetery. (Orange County Cemetery District via AP)

Confederate monument removed from California cemetery

Associated Press

A Confederate battle flag flies on private property adjacent to I-95 in Stafford County, Va., in this Facebook photo from the Confederate heritage group Virginia Flaggers. (Virginia Flaggers/Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/378823865585630/photos/a.384742074993809.1073741829.378823865585630/1111239069010769/?type=3&theater]

South Carolina town remembers Confederacy’s founding

Associated Press

File- In this Aug. 18, 2017, photo, a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tenn. A city council in Tennessee has voted to sell two city parks where two Confederate statues are located and crews have begun work to remove one of them. The Commercial Appeal reports Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said in a tweet Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, that the parks were sold and that work underway there complies with state law. The city council unanimously approved the sale Wednesday to a private entity. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)

Confederate statue removed after Memphis sells public park

Associated Press

In this July 19, 2011, file photo, Confederate battle flags fly in Mountain Creek, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Monument to ‘unknown Confederate soldiers’ being built in Alabama

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A sample of the Sons of Confederate Veterans specialty Virginia state license plate in Richmond, Va., is seen here on May 2, 2002. (Mark Gormus/Richmond Times Dispatch via Associated Press) **FILE**

Virginia can outlaw Confederate license plates, federal judge rules

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Confederate car tag proposal revs up a row

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press