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Bill to ban youth from using TikTok dies and more Va. headlines [1]

['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- February']

Date: 2024-02

• A bill to ban Virginia youth from using the social media app TikTok died in a House of Delegates committee. Gov. Glenn Youngkin had previously called for a ban on kids using the app.—Associated Press

• The Virginia Senate pushed forward a measure to allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act to become police officers. DACA protects individuals who immigrated to America before the age of 16 and have been living continuously in the U.S. since 2007 from deportation.—WTOP

• “Judge: Richmond police make discriminatory stops of Black drivers.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Calls to Virginia’s poison centers for exposures to THC and delta-8 – psychoactive substances in cannabis plants – dropped in 2023. Calls for exposure to edible products infused with the substances rose in some localities during the same time period.—13 NewsNow

• “A Virginia Beach sheriff’s deputy got glowing reviews for years. Then his Democrat wife irritated his Republican boss.”—Daily Press

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