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Cahas Mountain looms over the path of the Mountian Valley Pipeline as it crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway at Adney Gap on July 18, 2018. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP) **FILE**

Supreme Court allows construction to resume on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Colonial Athletic Association changes its name to the Coastal Athletic Association

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Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, left, gavels to order the special session of the Virginia General Assembly, Sept. 7, 2022, in Richmond, Va. A Virginia legislative primary season marked by hard-fought campaigns in both parties will come to a close Tuesday, June 20, 2023, as voters pick their party's nominee in dozens of seats, including some of the swing districts that will help determine the balance of power in the General Assembly. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virginia voters picking nominees in hotly contested legislative races

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Former Virginia State Delegate Lashrecse Aird, right, talks with a voter as she visits a polling precinct Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Surry, Va. Aird is running against Virginia State Sen. Joe Morrissey in a Democratic primary for a newly redrawn Senate district. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Former state legislator defeats incumbent senator in Virginia race centered on abortion rights

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, seeking the Republican nomination in the 12th Senate District, poses outside Bailey Bridge Middle School in Midlothian, Va, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Virginia voters are set to choose their party’s nominees in a primary election Tuesday, that features dozens of state legislative races, many of them hotly contested. (Margo Wagner/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Incumbent state Sen. Amanda Chase ousted in Virginia Republican primary election

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Cars and police gather around Altria Theater, the site of a shooting at the Huguenot High School graduation, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (Margo Wagner/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

7 shot, 2 fatally, after high school graduation in Richmond

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Police vehicles arrive at the scene of a shooting Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Authorities in Richmond say seven people were shot following a high school graduation ceremony held at a downtown theater near Virginia Commonwealth University. Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said at a news conference that two suspects were taken into custody after Tuesday's shooting. (John Willard via AP)

7 shot, 2 fatally, after high school graduation in Richmond

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Biden's DOJ and the FBI Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

FBI’s targeting of Catholics is anti-religious and anti-American

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to members of the press after the General Assembly adjourned for the year inside the Rotunda of the State Capitol building on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Youngkin was disappointed that his budget was unable to move forward, and he was committed to working with the leadership of both houses of the General Assembly to come to an agreement. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Virginia legislators considering Youngkin amendments, vetoes

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Smoke rises from an industrial fire, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 358 NW F St., in Richmond, Ind. (Zach Piatt/The Palladium-Item via AP)

Hundreds forced from Indiana homes as plastics fire burns

By Arleigh Rodgers and Rick Callahan - Associated Press

Smoke rises from an industrial fire, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 358 NW F St., in Richmond, Ind. (Zach Piatt/The Palladium-Item via AP)

Industrial fire prompts evacuation order in Indiana city

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State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Hanover, speaks at the Call for Action on Gun Safety at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Voters in a Richmond-based Virginia congressional district will settle a special election Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, for the open seat previously held by the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin, who died in November shortly after being elected to a fourth term. Democratic nominee McClellan faces GOP opponent, pastor Leon Benjamin. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Democrat Jennifer McClellan wins special election for Virginia’s 4th District

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

FBI Credibility Lost Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

FBI undermined freedom of religion and should be held accountable

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A gender neutral restroom is seen at the Downtown & Vine Restaurant and Wine Bar, Monday, May 9, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Virginia bill would require parental notification of transgender students

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Illustration on lessons from the Virginia General Assembly and Congress by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

Virginia General Assembly and Congress: A tale of two legislatures

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia, state Sen. Jennifer McClellan speaks during a debate at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va., on April 6, 2021. Democrats in a Richmond-based congressional district are voting Tuesday, Dec. 20, to select a nominee for the seat held by the late Donald McEachin. McClellan is one of four candidates on the ballot. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Democrats to select congressional nominee in Va. district

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

FILE - Work crews work to remove the statue of confederate general Stonewall Jackson, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Richmond, Virginia, has secured an $11 million philanthropic donation to build a new interpretive center city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned memorial campus honoring the memory of enslaved people. Richmond’s grant is among more than $16 million in total funding The Mellon Foundation is providing to recipients in the former Confederate capital for projects that are “examining, preserving and reimagining” its “rich historical narratives.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)

Projects examining Richmond’s history win $16M in funding

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Workers begin to lay the bronze statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill onto a flatbed truck on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, in Richmond, Va. The city of Richmond — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War — removed the statue, its last city-owned Confederate statue Monday, more than two years after it began to purge itself of what many saw as painful symbols of racial oppression. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Second wave of Civil War Reconstruction: Erasing history in Richmond and Detroit

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces transformational behavior health care plan at Parham Doctors' Hospital in Henrico, Va., on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Youngkin proposes another $1B in business, income tax cuts

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

A crew begins removing the epitaph of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, in Richmond, Va. The removal crew worked until dusk searching for Hill's remains, but were unable to locate them. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Remains of Confederate general removed from under monument

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