Virginia education’s top leaders were in Southwest Virginia Wednesday, and when they headed home, they took hours of insights, ideas, and harsh realities with them for more study.
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Early voting has begun in Virginia for a special election on April 21 on a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to redraw congressional maps.
- CHRIS GIONTA The Daily Progress
No. 9 Virginia walked 12 times and finished Sunday with 12 unanswered runs to win the rubber match against No. 24 Wake Forest.
- CHRIS GIONTA The Daily Progress
No. 9 Virginia scored five runs in the first inning following an 'electric' shutout frame from Kyle Johnson, who made his season pitching debut on Friday.
- GREG MADIA The Daily Progress
No. 3-seed Virginia basketball needed all 26 points it got from guard Jacari White in its fight-to-the-finish win against No. 14-seed Wright State on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner came to Marion Friday morning to talk about the still imperiled Job Corps program, which includes the community’s Blue Ridge Job Corps.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
A federal appeals court on Tuesday wrestled with whether religious colleges can fire employees who violate their beliefs, as judges considered whether Liberty University lawfully fired an employee for transitioning genders.
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