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NoVa arena plan’s prospects and more state headlines [1]

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

Date: 2024-02

• In his first public interview since the announcement of a plan to bring both the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals to a new arena in Northern Virginia, Ted Leonsis, the owner of both teams, expressed confidence that the deal will go through and said he’s been “hurt” by some of the blowback on social media.—WUSA9

• The Alexandria City Council says the board that would oversee the arena project is too heavily tilted toward the state, letting Gov. Glenn Youngkin fill six seats and allowing three seats to be filled locally.—ALXnow

• “Virginia lawmakers consider proposal to legalize physician-assisted death.”—VPM

• A Democratic state senator is trying to ban social media companies from using “addictive feeds” to hook minors.—WVTF

• Democrats in the House of Delegates rejected a Republican-sponsored bill that would’ve banned almost all abortions in Virginia.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

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