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By LUANNE RIFE, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month)
Carilion Clinic on Monday said it has relaxed visitation restrictions and will now allow someone to accompany patients for most procedures. The announcement comes as COVID-19 cases in Virginia increased by 380 on Monday to 54,886. This marks the first time the number of daily cases fell below the 400 mark since April 16.
By JUSTIN MATTINGLY, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers)
Six Monument Avenue residents have filed a lawsuit in hopes of blocking Gov. Ralph Northam’s attempt to remove the Robert E. Lee statue. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Richmond Circuit Court, argues that removing the statue and others along Monument Avenue, which members of the Richmond City Council say they plan to take down, would hurt property values and endanger tax benefits for living within a historic district.
By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)
Police fired a chemical irritant, flash-bang grenades and rubber bullets at protesters gathered outside Richmond police headquarters Monday night, the second straight night of angry demonstrations at the downtown building in Virginia's state capital. A crowd of perhaps 200 to 300 people had converged on the headquarters to find riot police, an armored vehicle and a line of city dump trucks and work trucks forming a barrier around it. Social media accounts showed photos and videos of police shooting at least three rubber bullets at protesters who wielded laser pointers.
By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers)
The economic damage the coronavirus shutdown has done to the state budget could be significantly less than the $1 billion revenue loss previously estimated for the fiscal year that ends June 30. However, Virginia’s top finance official warned that local governments dependent on sales and meals tax revenues could face a bigger fiscal challenge.
By JUSTIN MATTINGLY, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
Diversity Richmond Executive Director Bill Harrison started advocating for LGBTQ people in the 1970s. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that Harrison characterized as “long overdue.”
By ROBERT BARNES, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)
The Supreme Court on Monday removed a major obstacle to the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a long-delayed and multibillion-dollar project meant to carry natural gas through some of the most mountainous scenery in central Virginia.
By NIK POPLI AND ALI SULLIVAN, Cavalier Daily
Virginia Athletics announced a change to the V-Sabre and Cavalier Shield logos Monday following controversy over its depiction of the University’s serpentine walls. The sabre handles included in both designs have been updated without the curves that were previously added to “[mimic] the design of the serpentine walls.”
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The Virginia Public Access Project
Voters in Arlington, Frederick County, Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke, Suffolk and Virginia Beach get a look today at money raised by candidates running for local office this November. Campaign finance reports due at midnight cover April 1 through June 11, 2020. See how much each candidate raised and browse a list of donations and expenditures.
The Virginia Public Access Project
Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:00 am.
By MARIE ALBIGES, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)
Two gun-rights group are trying to prevent an old Virginia law barring people from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period from going into effect again.
By JUSTIN MATTINGLY, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers)
The gun rights group behind January’s large protest in and around Capitol Square is suing to block the implementation of a gun control measure set to take effect next month. The Virginia Citizens Defense League is among the five plaintiffs suing the state over a soon-to-become law that limits people to buying one handgun per month.
By GRAHAM MOOMAW, Virginia Mercury
Gun-rights activists have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the implementation of a Virginia law limiting handgun purchases to one per month. The Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners of America filed the challenge last week in Goochland County Circuit Court.
By C. SUAREZ ROJAS, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
Shannon Taylor, the three-term Commonwealth’s Attorney for Henrico County, is exploring a run for attorney general next year. In a blanket solicitation last week, a Taylor supporter sent a link to a donation website, encouraging immediate contributions to help launch her campaign ahead of the 2021 election cycle.
By JAMES SCOTT BARON, Free Lance-Star (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)
Two local Democratic candidates are preparing for Virginia’s June 23 primary, each hoping to win their party’s nomination to challenge Rep. Rob Wittman in November.
By HANNAH EASON, NBC 12
The Democratic Party of Virginia will hold its state convention virtually this week as they choose delegates to attend this year’s national convention. The program will run from June 19-21, and include panel speakers and legislators from across the country.
By JUSTIN MATTINGLY, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
Del. Nick Freitas, who is seeking the Republican nomination to take on Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, took responsibility Monday for missing a deadline to file campaign paperwork for the second straight year.
By SYDNEY LAKE, Va Business Magazine
More than $14.66 million of Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) funding for economic development has been redirected to a new Economic Resilience and Recovery Program in response to COVID-19-related economic impacts, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday.
By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
Capitol Square, the heart of Virginia’s seat of government, reopened on Monday for the first time since the beginning of protests over police treatment of racial minorities.
By BRENT KENDALL AND TIMOTHY PUKO, Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required)
The Supreme Court removed a legal barrier to the construction of an $8 billion pipeline that would deliver natural gas from West Virginia to the East Coast, ruling the project could run under a major hiking trail. The court, in a 7-2 opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday, overturned a lower-court ruling that found the U.S. Forest Service didn’t have the authority to grant a special-use permit that allowed developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to construct an underground segment beneath a section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Virginia.
By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a Richmond appeals court ruling that would have blocked construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline beneath the Appalachian Trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The court announced Monday that it had voted 7-2 to overturn the 2018 ruling by the 4th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond.
By JOHN REID BLACKWELL, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
The Richmond area will get another Fortune 1000 corporate headquarters when a California-based technology consulting company moves to Henrico County this year while expanding its workforce in Virginia by about 700 employees.
By JOHN R. CRANE, Danville Register & Bee
The region has taken blows over the past several years, with the closure of Dan River Mills more than a dozen years ago and the decline of the tobacco industry.
The Breeze
After a Google Form written by JMU’s Task Force on Inclusion was released Sunday prompting for the JMU community to submit their thoughts and ideas regarding the potential renaming of Confederate named buildings on campus, members of JMU have expressed concern on Twitter — including the birth of the hashtag #ChangeTheNamesJMU. The form read that its purpose was to assist the taskforce in working on the history and context of the university.
By CLARE MITZEL, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month)
Roanoke College on Monday announced the creation of an academic center dedicated to studying race and the legacies of slavery. The Center for Studying Structures of Race will be home to teaching, research and community engagement about historical and contemporary issues surrounding race and institutional racism, according to a news release.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
The Virginia Department of Health reported Monday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 54,886 — an increase of 380 from the 54,506 reported Sunday.
By KATE ANDREWS, Virginia Business
The Richmond region has seen a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among Latinos because of workplace spread, health officials reported Friday. Although Hispanics make up only 6.5% of the population in the city of Richmond, they represent 30% of all virus cases and 30% of hospitalized patients there, said Richmond and Henrico County’s health director, Dr. Danny Avula.
By ALLY SCHWEITZER, WAMU
Sophie thought her landlord had cut her a break on the rent. Then she saw the notice posted to her door. The letter was from Bozzuto, the high-end real-estate firm that manages her apartment building in Rosslyn. It said she had five days to pay the $1,306.80 she owed in back rent and late fees, or the company would begin the eviction process.
By ROBBIE HARRIS, WVTF
In the early winter of the pandemic, there was hope that warmer temperatures in spring and summer might bring an end to it. But research shows it will take more than that to stamp out the virus.
By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)
The Robert E. Lee statue that soars over Monument Avenue was designed to seem untouchable. But now that it might come down, the figure has connected with the community below in surprising ways. People scale its graffiti-covered granite base to make speeches, take photos, dance. On Sunday, a gospel band played in its shadow. A man lit wax candles in the shape of the monument to watch them melt away. Preachers pray, children play and residents from every neighborhood come to see the sights and talk about change.
By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press
Six property owners along Monument Avenue in Virginia’s capital city filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
By REED WILLIAMS, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
The day after pepper spray was deployed on a large crowd of protesters outside Richmond police headquarters and a woman was arrested, Police Chief William Smith said his officers had shown “great restraint” as protesters threw rocks and other objects at them.
By HANNAH EASON AND ANDREW RINGLE, Commonwealth Times
Police used what appeared to be tear gas, explosives and pepper spray on protesters within minutes of demonstrators arriving at the Richmond police headquarters on Monday night. Protesters marched after sunset from Monroe Park to the headquarters, where officers from Richmond and Virginia State Police waited with zip ties and pepper spray. Many officers wore masks with visors and body armor.
By ALI ROCKETT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers)
Her body shaking, her eyes wide and wet, Sierra Shoosmith sat on a curb at the intersection of North Allen and Monument avenues Saturday night. She was trying to make sense of what she had just seen: A Richmond police officer had driven a marked SUV through gathered protesters.
By PETER COUTU, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)
Virginia Beach plans to explore possible relocation sites for its Confederate monument. The City Council has not yet decided what to do with the statute near the intersection of Princess Anne and North Landing roads. But the city manager is recommending asking the city’s Historic Preservation Commission to reconsider a plan it passed earlier this year to leave the monument at its current location and build a historical park around it to provide context.
By SALEEN MARTIN, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)
The rest of the Confederate monument in downtown Norfolk will come down Tuesday morning, the city announced in a news release. The pillar is located at Main Street and Commercial Place, and work will start around 6 a.m., the city said.
Associated Press
The Justice Department has initiated legal proceedings to condemn nine acres of land in northern Virginia to facilitate a major expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. Government lawyers filed the civil condemnation suit Monday in federal court in Alexandria.
By CALVIN PYNN, Harrisonburg Citizen
After a closed-session discussion, the Elkton Town Council ultimately voted 5-1 Monday night to approve a permit that will allow a high school student-led Black Lives Matter protest on Wednesday. Plans for the event had touched off a social media-fueled controversy after a Facebook post calling for armed counter-protesters went viral over the past several days. “There is definitely a concern there, and we are taking all necessary precautions,” said Tsion Ward, a Spotswood High School senior who helped organize the event.
WVLT
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting a Virginia police department to investigate a possible cross burning at the home of an activist in Marion Virginia. WJHL reported that Marion police said they saw "an intense fire coming from a barrel in front of a home on the 400 block of Pearl Avenue” around 12:43 a.m. on Sunday. Officers arrived, extinguished the fire, and saw what appeared to be wood in the shape of a cross.
By VERNON MILES, ArlNow
Arlington citizens and community activists flooded Saturday’s online County Board meeting with calls to reform the Arlington County Police Department. At the start of the public hearing on June 13, County Board Chair Libby Garvey emphasized that the Board’s rules state there could only be one speaker on any given topic or stance, but that’s not now the public comment portion panned out as dozens of speakers rallied to argue against policies activists said were still deeply rooted in the County’s history of segregation.
By MICHELLE BASCH, WTOP
Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia have released more details about plans for reopening this fall. The school district’s draft plan, presented Monday during a school board work session, includes three scenarios based on different levels of coronavirus-related restrictions.
By IAN M. STEWART, WCVE
Live streaming public meetings have become the norm as a way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. But Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting in Chesterfield County will welcome citizens back in-person -- with some caveats.
By STACY PARKER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)
Almost 10 months have passed since former City Manager Dave Hansen resigned amid criticism of his response to the mass shooting. Now, the City Council is prepared to pick his replacement. Council members will hold a closed meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday to discuss a chosen candidate.
Roanoke Times Editorial (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month)
Denver Riggleman will be a one-term congressman. History will condense his inability to win re-renomination by 5th District Republicans to a single line: He officiated a wedding — a perfectly lawful wedding, but one that many conservative activists in the district found morally objectionable.
Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)
Many Georgia voters last week endured extraordinarily long lines to cast ballots in that state’s primary election, offering a worrying preview of what could come in November. The introduction of new voting machines was a culprit, but Georgia failed to embrace common-sense strategies to make participation easier. Thankfully that shouldn’t be a problem in Virginia, where lawmakers this year adopted several measures intended to reduce obstacles to voting and increase turnout at the polls.
Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
On May 29, Gov. Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 63, requiring all Virginians to wear face masks when entering most indoor businesses. Northam explained that because keeping our faces covered helps prevent the spread of COVID-19, the mask order is essential to a safe reopening of Virginia businesses.
Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
Where better to seek solace from today’s turbulence than the great outdoors. The gorgeous vistas of Shenandoah National Park, the breathtaking drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the urban oasis offered by the George Washington Memorial Parkway provide an escape from our everyday worries.
By JAMES SHERLOCK, published in Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month)
The weaknesses of Virginia’s nursing (NF) and skilled nursing facility (SNF) system have been exposed by COVID-19 with deadly consequences. Virginia’s licensing regulations applicable to these facilities are both part of the problem and violate Virginia law.
Sherlock is a retired Navy Captain living in Virginia Beach. He is writing a book about the business of health care in Virginia.
By NARKETTA M. SPARKMAN-KEY, published in Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)
COVID-19 is taking a toll on professional women. In fact, women’s productivity has decreased during the pandemic due to the disproportionate role they play in managing their families’ social and emotional well-being, home schooling, social isolation and work.
Sparkman-Key is the academic affairs director of faculty diversity and retention and an associate professor of human services at Old Dominion University.
By MARY CATON LINGOLD, published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers)
“Mommy, why did they make a statue for someone who wanted slavery?” My then-4-year-old son asked me this question in 2018 as we circled around the J.E.B. Stuart memorial on Monument Avenue. I had just explained who the man was and why he fought in a war.
Mary Caton Lingold is an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she teaches courses on colonial American literature and slavery
By JAMELLE S. WILSON, published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
Like many of you, I’ve been spending a lot of time over the past several weeks thinking about all that we are watching unfold around us; and honestly, I’m feeling the weight of it all. My general nature is to be optimistic. But the truth is, the past three weeks have been really hard.
Jamelle S. Wilson is dean at the University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies
By HARRY H. WARNER JR., published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)
We are so polarized. The “I’m right, you’re wrong” mindset, devoid of any discourse or respect of others’ opinions, has permeated our communities and nation for years. And now, we are witnessing this extremism in Richmond in a highly charged emotional environment with Monument Avenue as the front line. Not only are our government leaders ordering the monuments’ removal, but also “I’m right, you’re wrong” vandals have taken it upon themselves, felling Jefferson Davis, among others.
Harry H. Warner Jr. helped create and was the chief development officer of the Civil War Center at Tredegar, now the American Civil War Museum.
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