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Advocates for transgender students who want to use the bathroom and the locker room of the gender they identify with are trying to figure out the best way to respond to the governor's new guidelines for public schools.
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Under guidelines adopted by former Governor Ralph Northam’s administration, teachers in Virginia public schools were expected to use the pronouns students ask for based on the gender they identify with. Now, Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin is recommending guidelines that say the opposite – allowing teachers to misgender students.
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A lot of that support comes from Republicans – but the survey shows that his favorability increased slightly among Democrats and Independents as well.
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Earlier this year, Senate Democrats rejected former EPA chief Andrew Wheeler's nomination to be Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. Now, he says, he's looking forward to bringing his experience to this new office.
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Republicans said they would move to restrict abortions in Virginia in light of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday, with Democrats vowing to fight any such changes.
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Youngkin signed the state budget Tuesday and also discussed the future of lab schools and his health commissioner.
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One of the governor's budget amendments will redirect $5 million that would have gone to financial aid for undocumented students and set it aside for students at HBCUs.
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Last year the General Assembly created a board to advise the governor on policies affecting LGBTQ plus Virginians. Now, there are signs of friction between the board and the new Republican administration.
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Governor Glenn Youngkin says fixing the problem will require funding for school facilities, raises for teachers and a new focus on literacy in the early grades, from kindergarten to third grade.
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Three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices live in Fairfax County, leading to security concerns now that abortion-rights protesters are showing up at their houses.