The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Episodes are recorded the night before.
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Crixell Matthews/VPM NewsLieutenant governor says landmark case was about school choice, not segregation. -
John C. Clark/APState Sen. Mark Obenshain recently claimed otherwise in a floor speech.
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Scott Elmquist/VPM NewsSeveral Virginia governors have seen their party lose General Assembly seats during their term.
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Crixell Matthews/VPM NewsState general fund collections have increased by 45% over the past four years.
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The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Episodes are recorded the night before.
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Office of Congressman Robert Garcia/Wikimedia CommonsThe inaccurate statements date back to a mid-2022 claim from prominent Republican politicians.
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Crixell Matthews/Setting new standards for teaching history in Virginia public schools has opened raw wounds along political and racial lines.
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At issue is a bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would set a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee for governor, says there’s nothing new about his recent proclamations that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected to the office. PolitiFact says that's not quite true. -
No Republican in the General Assembly voted for a coming law on July 1 that will legalize possession of an ounce of marijuana in Virginia. Beyond the legalization, their list of objections includes what they say are light penalties for people possessing much more than an ounce of the drug.
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McAuliffe: “I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he restored voting rights to more people convicted of a felony than any governor in history. Is he right?
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Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe claims Virginia teachers are paid worse, in comparison to their fellow Virginians, than those in any other state. PolitiFact VA dug into the numbers and found the gubernatorial candidate is on the mark.
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Republican Pete Snyder is focusing his gubernatorial campaign on building a movement to reopen Virginia schools that have been closed during the coronavirus pandemic. He's falsely claimed "all of the science and data" shows it's safe to reopen schools; PolitiFactVA dug into what the science really says.
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PolitiFact breaks down the claims from day one of President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.
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During the final weeks of 2020, U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria accepted $34,000 in corporate PAC contributions to pay down debt from her recently successful reelection campaign.
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Several studies show the promise of sniffer dogs. But they also said it’s important to do more research and that detection dogs can be used as a complement to more reliable testing.
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Sen. Jennifer Boysko claims the U.S. is the only developed nation without paid family leave. PolitiFactVA investigated that claim.
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Del. Kirk Cox has been leading Republican criticism that Virginia is off to a slow start in getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of citizens.
