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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of July 17, 2024:
Virginia judge dismisses ACLU lawsuit over school policies for trans students
Reported by VPM News’ Whittney Evans
A York County Circuit Court judge dismissed one of the ACLU of Virginia’s legal challenges to the state’s 2023 model policies for transgender students.
The ACLU-VA filed a second lawsuit in Hanover County over the policies, and a separate federal suit challenges the division’s adoption of the policies and alleged discrimination against a transgender student. That federal case is scheduled to be heard Aug. 6.
Virginia officials aim to shore up elections
Reported by VPM News’ Adrienne McGibbon
Hanover County registrar Teri Smithson said that Virginia’s 133 registrars have regularly collaborated with local, state and federal law enforcement — as well as IT and cybersecurity experts — since 2020 to ensure the integrity of the upcoming election.
Elections officials are also working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency on an automated security pilot project that uses artificial intelligence to perform ongoing cybersecurity surveillance.
In other news:
- After hazing investigation, second UVA fraternity removed from campus (The Associated Press)
- Charlottesville police chief says pedestrian death inflamed by 'misinformation' (The Daily Progress)*
In case you missed it:
- Local groups are scrambling to find the money to buy Carlton Mobile Home Park before the owner sells it to an unnamed buyer (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
- State board votes to raze 12-story portion of downtown’s Pocahontas Building for new courts complex (Richmond BizSense)
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