@DaveRess1

Reporter, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch. author: "The Half Breed Tracts"; UNE (Australia) PhD

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Some troubling stats about Virginia's struggling child protective and foster system richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Some troubling stats about Virginia's struggling child protective and foster system

By several indicators, Virginia's child protective services and foster care system lags the nation

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Hopes and needs: Meet some foster care kids richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Hopes and needs: Meet some foster care kids

Virginia Kids Belong, a nonprofit that tries to find families to love and care for children in foster care, thought you'd like to meet some of the young people they

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Virginia's child welfare system struggles to meet needs richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Virginia's child welfare system struggles to meet needs

The children, a 5- and 7-year-old brother and sister, had been in the foster care system for two years at that point. They’d already been in seven different placements.

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Toys, games and a sandbox: help for children in distress richmond.com/news/local/arti… via @rtdnews

Toys, games and a sandbox: help for children in distress

Shineforth, formerly United Methodist Family Services, is offering a new community outreach counseling and wellness program called LightWorks.

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New districts, yes — but other messages from Tuesday's referendum vote aren't as clear richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

New districts, yes — but other messages from Tuesday's referendum vote aren't as clear

Virginia will get a new congressional map, unless the Supreme Court of Virginia doesn’t go along. Beyond that, takeaways from Tuesday's vote are less obvious, political scientists say.

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In General Assembly's final sprint, lots left to do richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

In General Assembly's final sprint, lots left to do

With less than a week to go, now comes the heavy lift at the General Assembly.

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Coming down to the wire, a bill on probation stumbles at Virginia General Assembly richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Coming down to the wire, a bill on probation stumbles at Virginia General Assembly

On the last day for General Assembly committees to act, with minutes to go before Senators had to head for their caucus briefings on floor action, freshman Del. Charlie Schmidt’s bill on probation...

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Kaine tries again to say it's up to Congress to declare war richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Sen. Tim Kaine tries again to say it's up to Congress to declare war; measure fails

Sen Tim Kaine's latest war powers resolution called on President Donald Trump to remove American forces from hostilities with Iran. However, the measure failed by a 52-47 vote.

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Virginia's House and Senate pass budget versions, reconciling them now starts richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Virginia's House and Senate pass budget versions, reconciling them now starts

Virginia’s annual budget theater entered its second act Thursday, as the House of Delegates and state Senate each passed their separate rewrites of former Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s final budget proposal.

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Virginia bills say credit shouldn't be factor in auto insurance richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Virginia bills say credit shouldn't be factor in auto insurance

The legislation, Senate Bill 693, says insurance companies can’t refuse to cover drivers or charge different premiums for coverage solely because of an individual’s credit.

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Bills seek to ease the burden for missing a court date in Virginia richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Bills seek to ease the burden for missing a court date in Virginia

Bills seek to ease the burden, on people, in courts and in jails for missing a court date.

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Senate bills would broaden protection for people with mental disabilities richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Senate bills would broaden protection for people with mental disabilities

Virginia legislators took a first step toward protecting people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who may not understand what’s happening in court or when a police officer questions...

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99 years later, lawmakers take action on Virginia's haphazard child welfare system richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

99 years later, lawmakers take action on Virginia's haphazard child welfare system

A Senate committee voted 14-1 to approve a bill that gives the state the power to issue a corrective action plan when local social services departments fail to protect children.

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99 years later, lawmakers take action on Virginia's haphazard child welfare system richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

99 years later, lawmakers take action on Virginia's haphazard child welfare system

A Senate committee voted 14-1 to approve a bill that gives the state the power to issue a corrective action plan when local social services departments fail to protect children.

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Virginia child protective system leaves out many richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Virginia child protective system leaves out many

Virginia’s lightly monitored and inconsistent way of handling child neglect and foster care cases leaves hundreds of kids falling through the cracks.

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Climate change brings new species, new challenges to the Bay richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Climate change brings new species, new challenges to the bay

Warming temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are changing the Chesapeake Bay.

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FDA approves Altria's new nicotine pouches richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

FDA approves Altria's new nicotine pouches

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved new extensions of tobacco giant Altria Group’s nicotine pouch product line – items the impatient firm started selling without formal approval...

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Miyares sues pharmacy benefit managers, drug firms over soaring insulin prices richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Miyares sues pharmacy benefit managers, drug firms over soaring insulin prices

The three biggest pharmacy benefit managers and two pharmaceutical giants colluded to send insulin prices soaring, Attorney General Jason Miyares says.

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Youngkin: We're transforming behavioral health richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Youngkin: We're transforming behavioral health

In its third year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's Right Help Right Now behavioral health reform marks its progress.

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Youngkin proposes sweeping reform for Virginia's child welfare system richmond.com/news/state-regi… via @rtdnews

Youngkin proposes sweeping reform for Virginia's child welfare system

The governor's proposals include a new central intake system to screen and validate reports of abuse and neglect, new statewide accountability measures and better pay for social workers.

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