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Several lawmakers have recently claimed that more than half of Virginia's schools are at least 50 years old. PolitiFact VA found that's True. The median school is 52 years old.
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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.