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State Office of EMS owes millions to emergency services providers and more Va. headlines [1]
['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- January']
Date: 2024-01
• Virginia lawmakers are trying to legalize recreational weed sales again this year, but it’s unclear if the push will succeed.—Washington Post
• “The state’s Office of Emergency Medical Services owes $33 million to Virginia’s EMS providers, state health leaders said Friday, revealing the total cost of the office’s financial crisis for the first time.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
• A teenager running at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Saturday morning captured video of a car driving off the end of the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier. Authorities said the driver is presumed dead.—Virginian-Pilot
• A federal judge said Richmond officials “overplayed” a Guatemalan immigrant’s connection to an alleged Fourth of July mass shooting plot authorities claimed to have foiled in 2022. Julio Alvarado Dubon, whom officials suggested was behind the plot without offering clear evidence, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for possessing firearms illegally. He’ll also face a deportation review.—WTVR
• By choosing a party-run firehouse primary for upcoming city council elections, Lynchburg Republicans are testing the limits of a new law requiring absentee voting arrangements in elections overseen by political parties.—Cardinal News
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