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Transgender athlete proposal withdrawn and more Va. headlines [1]
['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- February']
Date: 2024-02
• Virginia Department of Education’s chief of staff Jeremy Raley put forward and then withdrew a proposal to bar transgender student athletes from playing on teams mirroring their gender identity.—Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Virginia State Police confirmed that a 57-year-old man whose family had reported him missing was found inside the SUV that drove off the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier, but declined to identify him due the nature of his death.—Virginian-Pilot
• “After a former long-term substitute teacher drove to Pleasants Lane Elementary School in Petersburg and gave fifth-grade students pre-packaged candy during recess without permission, 13 students have experienced illness, ‘including stomach ache and vomiting.’”—WRIC
• In the wake of residents’ concerns about the delayed processing of their bills, the city of Richmond removed its staff directory from its website, an unannounced move that some elected leaders said limits citizens’ ability to communicate with officials.—Richmond Times-Dispatch
• A Lynchburg creek that was flooded with milk from the clogged drains of a nearby dairy didn’t suffer major harm from the event. An official confirmed there is no sign of harm to the creek’s fish and aquatic life.—WSET
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