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Pope & Schapiro: Campus protests, Florida’s abortion law, and the field for 2025
Protests roiled college campuses this past week, and stirred up Virginia politicians too. Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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Students speak, chant, blow bubbles and eat pizza at Gaza protest
Students at Virginia Tech, VCU and the University of Mary Washington staged protests earlier this week, prompting the arrest of more than 100 people charged with trespassing. The University of Virginia has, so far, taken a different tack as Sandy Hausman reports.
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A new nuclear energy law will likely mean higher utility bills
Starting this summer, Virginia will have a new law encouraging nuclear energy. Michael Pope has more on how the costs will be covered.
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Glenn Youngkin’s biggest legacy in Virginia could be his impact on education
With a new sports arena in the rear-view mirror and a legislature controlled by political opponents, Governor Glenn Youngkin’s largest impact on the state after he leaves office could be in the education space. Brad Kutner reports on how that could come in the form of influence from board appointments and law changes.
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Early voting for June primaries starts on Friday
Voting for the June primary starts this week. Michael Pope has a preview. You can find more information about deadlines and other voting details here.
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Meet Virginia: Betsy Wood
Reporter Christine Kueter has been crisscrossing the state this year, collecting real-life stories for our Meet Virginia series. Today, she introduces us a retired teacher from the New River Valley who taught her students more than just facts and figures.
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More from Jeff Shapiro from his liberal perspective without any balance. He uses Mark Warner’s position on the intelligence committee to mention China and TikTok s as a foothold to say how wacko the Republican Governor is to deny “desperately needed jobs” for the Ford battery plant. When is this dude retiring because a fair journalist he is not.
Where was anything even close to similar enter the Northam administration? It was almost nowhere. I hope my tax dollars aren’t doing much to support this commonwealth version of NPR light. PREVIOUS REVIEWS Dropping my rating to one star because of the repeated presence of Jeff Schapiro without a voice from the opposing side that he occupies. Really Schapiro? Objection to critical race theory from a diverse set of parents is “white resentment”? (or since “critical race theory” in a technical sense doesn’t exist in any public school curriculum 🤥…that’s a lying emoji in case you missed it…how about key negative elements of critical race theory). How about it’s parental resentment at something that further tears at the fabric of society? Like we need more of that in todays times. Previous rating comment… Most of the coverage is pretty good keeping Virginians informed until they touch on politics, especially the gubernatorial race. Terry McAuliffe gets the benefit of the doubt every time and Glenn Youngkin…don’t hold your breath. Anytime McAuliffe does something adverse in the public we get the explanation that he was just in artful. Anytime Youngkin has any sort of setback for anything it’s because he’s so close to Trump or because he’s a Trump supporter. UPDATE Unfortunately I cannot remove the one star to give it zero stars.Jeff Shapiro continues his anti-republican statements and anything that Governor Youngkin does is racially tinged is somehow nefarious or just plain bad for the commonwealth. I don’t understand why the show either doesn’t have him stop displaying his bias or have someone on the show who is from the center right to at least present some equal views.
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This is a great service! I was looking for a little state based political news podcast, and this fits that perfectly. Updates regularly, keeps you informed, and is focused on local issues. Thank you Virginia Public Radio!