by Virginia Mercury It’s a drumbeat these days in the party of Big MAGA: Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is something to be despised, defeated and destroyed. In the past couple of weeks, Virginia’s most powerful Republicans have joined the parade by pandering in a legislative election year to the GOP’s white, anti-DEI base. First, […]
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In 2019, the Virginia Supreme Court authorized court systems to create veterans’ treatment dockets to help veterans who become involved with the criminal justice system. “It’s a problem-solving docket designed to address veterans’ issues that may cause a veteran to become justice-involved,” said Prince William County Criminal Justice Services Senior Probation-Pretrial Officer Christopher Mayers. “It […]
by Prince William Parks, Recreation & Tourism The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping and the weather is finally warming up as we head into May. With the warmer weather comes pool season, and more outdoor activities. Looking for things to do this month? We’ve got you covered with a little something for everyone. […]
The members of the Virginia Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus, Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, and Virginia Latino Caucus call for the resignation of the Youngkin Administration’s Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Martin D. Brown. Recently, Brown said that “DEI is dead” and called diversity the “wrong mission” at a recent annual “inclusive excellence” […]
by Virginia Mercury Virginia will again begin evaluating schools’ efforts to get students into classes regularly as part of school accreditation decisions after the Board of Education rejected a request from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. Last Thursday, with student absences due to illness still high, the Department of Education recommended suspending the use of chronic […]
by Bob Lewis, Virginia Mercury It had been decades since I watched proceedings of the Tennessee Legislature as a cub reporter. What I saw in my native state this month saddened me but increased my appreciation for my state of choice, Virginia, where such embarrassments are less likely. On live television, I saw the Republican […]
by Overseer John Reid Having been in various levels of ministry for over forty-five years I have seen and witnessed the constant decline in church attendance and the level of commitment and submission to the black church. With the advent of the global pandemic and our changing cultural climate this rate of decline has only […]
by Virginia Mercury Virginia education leaders are mulling another temporary pause in the use of chronic absenteeism as a factor the state considers in school accreditation decisions because of increases in student absences due to the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. Chronic absenteeism, defined as a student being absent for 10% or more […]
by Virginia Mercury As teacher shortages continue in Virginia, the state is attempting to stave off further educational impacts by granting more provisional licenses. The commonwealth issued a total of 8,434 provisional licenses in 2021-22 compared to an average of 6,787 in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a November report from Virginia’s Joint Legislative […]
