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As schools reopen across Virginia, just under 10% will operate without a nurse, leaving critical gaps in student healthcare, advocates say. School nurses are responsible for managing complex student medical conditions and helping to reduce absenteeism.
Most school divisions in the commonwealth employ nurses, but current laws permit, rather than require, their presence....
By Yiqing Wang/WHRO
Federal prosecutors said this week they have reached a tentative deferred prosecution
Three years in a row of losing in the legislature might persuade some people to give up trying to get what they want. For members of the group Quiet Clean Virginia, their losing record simply challenged them to seek another path to victory.
Quiet Clean Virginia and its affili...
The initial public comment period for an unprecedented proposal to mine minerals from the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia’s Eastern Shore ends on Saturday, Aug. 22. Over 1,300 comments have been filed, the vast majority opposing offshore mineral leases.
But thanks to the arcane U.S. regulatory approval process, the door to public input will close with most Eastern Shore r...
Amanda Daugherty, a mother from Nottoway County, valued the Head Start program in Virginia because it closely reflected her values and experience before she was hired by the program in October 2021.
Less than six months later, the program came to her aid after her husband died, stepping in to help stabilize her family and give her children a strong developmental and ed...