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Spanberger eyeing run for governor and more Va. headlines [1]

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

Date: 2023-07 

• Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a moderate Democrat, is telling people she plans to run for Virginia governor in 2025, potentially opening a more competitive race for her congressional seat in 2024.—POLITICO

• Government relief has been slow coming for a Southwest Virginia county struck by a pair of devastating floods, a situation caused partly by a federal formula that makes it harder for poorer communities to get help.—Washington Post

• Newport News Public Schools will require all students to use clear backpacks next year as a new security measure after a 6-year-old student shot an elementary school teacher with a gun he brought from home.—Virginian-Pilot

• Two people were arrested last week during a contentious Roanoke County School Board discussion of policies for transgender students.—WDBJ7, WSET

• A Virginia Beach man’s battle for the right to keep an emotional support emu named Nimbus inspired him to run for the House of Delegates as an independent. “The judge told me: ‘Mr. Olenik if you don’t like these laws you need to go to Richmond and change them yourself.’ And that’s what I plan to do.”—Virginian-Pilot

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