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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The General Assembly meets this week to consider Governor Ralph Northam’s proposed amendments to bills passed during the recent legislative session. They include Northam’s request to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana starting this summer -- instead of 2024 as the General Assembly had planned. -
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the city of Charlottesville in the fight over its Confederate monuments. Justices disagreed with a Charlottesville Circuit Court decision that kept the Robert E. Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson statues standing.
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Gov. Ralph Northam is amending Virginia’s marijuana legislation to allow simple possession of marijuana starting July 1, three years ahead of schedule.
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The Centers For Disease Control announced an extension of the temporary federal eviction moratorium, preventing the evictions of many tenants who can’t pay rent during the pandemic.
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Many Americans are calling for an end to violence and hate against Asian Americans today as part of a virtual National Day of Action and Healing. In Virginia, state lawmakers have formed an Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus to advocate for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Virginians.
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Virginia became the first state in the south to abolish the death penalty today.
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As Richmond City Council finalizes the FY2022 budget, the city’s public housing authority is asking for help getting a development off the ground.
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A new study from the American Society of Criminology finds counties in the United States with large “protestant fundamentalist” populations, greater support for Republican presidential candidates and unstable local economies are more likely to impose death sentences.
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“This arbitrary deadline has gotten in the way of us celebrating real, full, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment,” says Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who co-sponsored a resolution to revive the Equal Rights Amendment that passed the US House of Representatives today.
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Governor Ralph Northam has taken action to fast track voting rights restoration for tens of thousands of Virginia residents with prior felony convictions.
