The board rejected a $10,000 award that the Gender and Sexuality Alliance planned to use to create a quiet room at E.C. Glass High School, citing concerns about where the money came from: The It Gets Better Project, a nonprofit that seeks to prevent suicide in the LGBTQ+ community.
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A push to make Pell Grants available to students in short-term training programs may have just had a breakthrough
Sen. Tim Kaine has been making the case for years. On Tuesday, Rep. Bobby Scott and Republican leaders reached an agreement that could speed the measure.
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Cardinal News adds health care reporter
Emily Schabacker starts today. She becomes Cardinal’s eighth full-time reporter.
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Appalachian Power rate increase will raise bills more than RGGI does
If Virginia’s exit from the RGGI isn’t overturned through new legislative action, air pollution will be more profitable, climate change will be negatively exacerbated and new housing will lose access to energy conservation measures.
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Virginia losing rail and public transit leader at key time; more …
From elsewhere: City of Roanoke creates $2 million housing fund with pandemic relief money. Bristol Public Schools awarded $500K grant for security tech upgrade. Black leaders in Virginia Senate endorse Stoney for governor.
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Free rides will continue for Mountain Lynx passengers in Southwest Virginia
The transit service operates in four towns and five counties in Southwest Virginia. It was one of 15 projects to receive a total of $4.4 million through the state’s Transit Ridership Incentive Program.
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Community colleges are helping with housing, gas and food to keep students in class
Free tuition programs might entice students to enroll in community college, but they don’t cover gas or child care, or put food on the table. Here’s what two schools in rural Southwest Virginia are doing to meet students’ needs.
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Lynchburg students won a grant from an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to create a quiet room. The school board rejected the money.
The Gender and Sexuality Alliance at E.C. Glass High School won $10,000 from the It Gets Better Project to create a quiet room and provide free menstrual products. About 125 grants have been awarded; Lynchburg is only the second school division to reject the funding.
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Many Appalachian counties in Ohio voted for legal marijuana. That suggests many counties in Southwest Virginia would, too.
The recent Ohio referendum showed conservative counties in Appalachian areas voted differently from conservative counties elsewhere in the state.
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Civility is required for success in government
With nearly half its members entering the Senate for the first time, the 2024 session represents a unique opportunity to restore civility in the General Assembly’s upper chamber.