Warren Fiske
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin says Virginia families, fighting to cope with inflation, don’t take solace in the state’s economic outlook. We fact checked Youngkin’s claim about the state’s economic growth, which he made repeatedly during last year’s campaign, and found it credible, but a little low.
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Three times in recent years, Del. Israel O’Quinn of Washington County has joined his fellow Republicans in the House of Delegates in unanimously supporting a bill that would have prohibited candidates from using campaign funds for personal expenses.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin is vowing to improve student performance in Virginia’s public schools, but he consistently omits the caveat that Virginia students perform better than those from most states.
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Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears recently told Fox News that critical race theory “is definitely being taught in some form or fashion,” in Virginia’s public schools.
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When it comes to performance on standardized national exams, Virginia’s fourth graders rank near the top and its eighth graders rank high in math and at the national average in reading. Youngkin does not offer this important perspective.
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In the final days of his term, Gov. Ralph Northam has been stressing that his governorship was about more than coronavirus and racial justice issues that led the news.
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Former Gov. Doug Wilder says he’s “very concerned” about crime in Richmond and the city should rededicate itself to public safety strategies from his days as mayor.
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Del. John McGuire, R-Goochland, recently cited “failed leadership” by Democrats in curbing drug overdoses as one of the reasons why he had announced his candidacy in next year’s race for the 7th District congressional seat.
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Lt. Gov-elect Winsome Sears made four head-scratching statements about the COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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Rep. Bob Good is assailing the recently passed infrastructure bill as a Democratic boondoggle, falsely claiming only a minority of spending will be on "true infrastructure."