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• Around 60,000 Virginia residents got incorrect voter notices in the mail, an issue state election officials attributed partly to an error by a private printing company.—Washington Post

• Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria and Republican state Sen. Jen Kiggans are virtually tied in the 2nd District congressional race, according to a new CNU poll.—Virginian-Pilot

• After the CDC recommended adding COVID-19 shots to school immunization protocols, Virginia’s Republican leaders reiterated their opposition to making the vaccinations mandatory.—Associated Press

• Half of a Stafford County high school’s students were sick with flu-like symptoms.—Washington Post

• “Demand for medical services grows in Virginia, but number of doctors doesn’t.”—Virginian-Pilot

• A Fairfax County School Board member apologized after a hot mic moment in which she used a slur for people with disabilities.—WTOP

• One person was taken into custody after a “barricade situation” at Fort Belvoir Army base in Northern Virginia.—WUSA9

• A resident of a Charlottesville-area retirement community claims a state condo law prevents his facility from expanding without his consent.—Daily Progress

 

by Staff Report, Virginia Mercury


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