Judge rules in favor of Times-Dispatch in FOIA case and more Va. headlines

The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)

• Democrats distanced themself from a proposed LGBTQ child abuse bill floated by Del. Elizabeth Guzman, D-Prince William, even as she claimed its purpose was being misconstrued and wasn’t meant to punish parents who don’t affirm transgender children.—Washington Post

• Critics say Albemarle County school leaders quietly disapprove of staffers making displays of LGBTQ support, despite the school system’s publicly stated support for transgender students.—Daily Progress

• The office of Attorney General Jason Miyares dropped its involvement in an investigation into child abuse allegations at a Virginia children’s hospital. The attorney general’s office says it handed the issue back to local authorities for jurisdictional reasons, but a lawyer for some of the hospital’s patients said it looked like the state was quitting on the case.—Associated Press

• A judge sided with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in a FOIA case over whether Gov. Glenn Youngin’s office is giving adequate detail on the types of records it’s choosing to keep secret.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Eight people were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning at an “outdoor gathering” near James Madison University.—Daily News-Record

• “After Virginia legalized pot, majority of defendants are still Black.”—Washington Post

• Republicans are hopeful they’ll win at least one seat on the Roanoke City Council this year for the first time in nearly two decades.—Roanoke Times

• Michele White, the former Prince William County election official now facing unspecified corruption charges, is trying to raise money for her legal defense through a GoFundMe page.—Culpeper Star-Exponent

• A gym parking lot incident involving a former D.C. deputy mayor raised questions about whether the official lives in Virginia or D.C.—Washington Post

• An 82-pound tortoise named Magellan has gone missing near Blacksburg.—Roanoke Times

by Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

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