Whittney Evans
Features Editor, VPM NewsWhittney Evans is VPM News’ features editor. She studied journalism and political theory at Morehead State University, where she was also a student reporter at WMKY. Before coming to VPM News in 2018, she worked for KCPW and KUER in Salt Lake City, covering politics, government, criminal justice, housing and more.
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Democratic Sen. Joe Morrissey sparred with a new producer on his radio show last week, who pushed him to take a position on abortion. -
Terrence Richardson is one of two Black men sentenced to life in prison for the murder - despite a federal jury finding them not guilty of the crime.
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Created to provide more oversight of the state’s child welfare system, the long-awaited Virginia Office of the Children’s Ombudsman is now up and running.
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A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has supercharged a debate over aborition access in Virginia, even if its immediate implications remain unclear.
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There are more reports of coyote sightings in the area this spring, according to Richmond public safety officials. It may come as a surprise to some, but David Garst, a wildlife biologist for the Department of Wildlife Resources, said the animals are remarkably adaptable and can live just about anywhere.
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A state Senate committee shut down Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed three-month gas tax suspension. It would have cut about 26 cents off each gallon for consumers - and cost the state about $437 million.
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Virginia Democrats clambered to accuse Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares of hypocrisy this week - after learning his office signed a plea agreement with a former sheriff’s deputy and convicted sex offender.
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Throughout the country, employees usually get help paying bills and covering medical expenses when they’re injured at work. But in Virginia, workers don’t qualify for those benefits if their injury occurs over time.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has offered a slate of new appointees to fill vacancies on the Virginia Parole Board. This comes almost a month after the Democrat-controlled Senate voted to block Youngkin’s first round of appointees.
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Selecting judges in Virginia is a constitutional duty that involves high-stakes political wrangling - it’s made worse this year by a divided legislature as members of both parties blame the other for refusing to negotiate.
