Three things to know about what the court did and what comes next.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
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Virginia’s biggest metros and North Carolina’s biggest metros are headed in different directions economically. Why?
Nowhere else in the country do we have this kind of contrast, where one state is seeing its two biggest metros lose jobs while next door a neighboring state is seeing its two biggest metros gain jobs.
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Martinsville and Purcellville cases highlight how Virginia’s law to remove elected officials can be applied quite differently. Is that good or bad?
Here are some questions about how the law is being applied. What, if anything, should be changed?
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In 1932, Republicans challenged redistricting and won in court. What happened next was an election that wouldn’t be allowed today.
The 1932 House elections in Virginia were a one-of-a-kind election in which every seat was elected at-large.
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Business and education leaders form group to advocate for Virginia’s K-12 schools
The group, which will be announced in Richmond on Wednesday, is modeled after the Virginia Higher Education Business Council.
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Dispatch from 1776: Virginia declares itself for independence, hauls down the British flag
In some ways, Virginia has been independent since the night last June when our royal governor, Lord Dunmore, slipped out of Williamsburg and boarded a British naval vessel.
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Democrats have missed a key point in Supreme Court ruling: It lays out how early voting is an American tradition
Legal circumstances forced Democrats to argue that early voting wasn’t part of the election. The court, in a conservative ruling, details how the roots of early voting go back to Colonial times. This should help buttress early voting against attempts to restrict it.
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Should Democrats fire the Virginia Supreme Court that ruled against them? 8 things to know about an idea making the rounds
The New York Times reports that the idea came up in a conversation that U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had with some Virginia Democrats.
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Who wins, who loses: 10 things to know about the Supreme Court ruling on redistricting
Republicans won the legal case, but not all the political winners and losers fall so neatly along partisan lines.
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The Roanoke Valley uses less water today than it did 20 years ago. What that means for Google.
Many localities have more water customers but use less water than they did two decades ago. They attribute this to replacing leaky pipes and the introduction of more water-efficient appliances.
