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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #84

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Eighteen candidates are running for nine seats on the Loudoun County Public Schools board on Nov. 7

Eighteen candidates are running for all nine seats on the Loudoun County Public Schools school board in Virginia on Nov. 7, 2023. The school district, located northwest of Washington D.C., had approximately 81,131 students as of the 2020-21 school year, making it the third largest school district in Virginia.

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Pritzker’s abortion rights group spends $1.5 million in Ohio, Virginia and Nevada to fight ‘extremism at every level’

Think Big America’s contribution of $25,000 each to four state Senate Democratic candidates in Virginia, and an additional $150,000 to the state’s Democratic Party, comes ahead of a pivotal Nov. 7 election that may reshape abortion restrictions there.

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Virginia admits thousands of voters wrongly purged days before election

Voting rights groups decry error days before elections that will determine which party controls the state legislature

The Guardian - US

‘There is no ban’: Republicans test-drive new abortion messaging

Ad released in Virginia part of well-funded effort to portray Democrats as abortion extremists and Republicans as reasonable compromisers

The Guardian - US

Massive windfarm project to be built off Virginia coast gains key federal approval

A power company’s plans for an enormous offshore wind farm off Virginia's southeast coast have received key federal approval

The Independent UK

Real-world success: top-ranked Zwifter crushes first 'real' bike races

American Kristen Kulchinsky (Virginia's Blue Ridge Twenty24) is one of the most decorated female esports cyclists in the sport's short history. This fall she proved she can ride pretty well outdoors as well.

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Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level

As Virginia holds elections on Nov. 7, 2023, to fill all 140 seats in the state legislature, the results will likely offer insights on the nation’s political pulse. Voters’ preferences for Democrats or Republicans may well reflect how they feel about Joe Biden or Donald Trump – and about key…

The Conversation

‘It’s cruel’: the last southern refuge for abortion rights might soon fall

Virginia is the only southern state that hasn’t restricted abortion post-Roe. Is that about to change?

The Guardian - US

Youngkin purged 3,400 eligible voters

Youngkin's team admitted the issue affected thousands of voters after initially estimating the number at 270

Salon

‘He’s pretty smooth’: Glenn Youngkin of Virginia may be a challenger for Trump

Republican governor is anti-abortion, anti-trans and a ‘nightmare’ for Democrats

The Guardian - US

The South's last post-Roe stand

Millions of Americans’ ability to get an abortion hinges on Virginia’s Upcoming Election

Salon

Her 6-year-old son shot his teacher. Now she is being sentenced for child neglect

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia is scheduled to be sentenced for felony child neglect

The Independent UK

Robert E Lee statue that sparked Charlottesville riot is melted down: ‘Like his face was crying’

Brass from the statue of the Confederate general will be used for a public art installation in Virginia city

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Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents

A key issue underlying the 2023 Virginia election first drew statewide – and national – attention in a debate two years ago.

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The 15 battleground districts that will decide Virginia’s legislative elections

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The Guardian - US

Abortion on the ballot: six US states with elections in 2023

Here’s what you need to know about where and how Americans will vote on abortion this year

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ACC women’s basketball player survey: Respect growing for Virginia Tech’s Georgia Amoore

Players like playing at Louisville, hate playing at Syracuse, and think that N.C. State has small visitors' locker rooms.

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The Independent UK

A teacher was shot by her 6-year-old student. Is workers' compensation enough?

A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should society take care of the teacher

The Guardian - US

Virginia Democrats defend Susanna Gibson after sex-livestream revelation

Party calls explicit Republican flyers ‘desperate’ attempt to foil Democratic challenger and distract voters from abortion ban

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Our top 15 elections to watch in November

Welcome to the Tuesday, October 24, Brew.

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of October 16-October 20.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Predicting which of college football’s remaining 11* undefeated teams will lose in Week 8

We can’t actually predict the future, but we'll give it a shot.

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A major U.S. Muslim group cancels Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats

The Council on American-Islamic Relations canceled plans to hold its 29th annual banquet on Saturday at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

The Independent UK

Major US Muslim group cancels Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats

A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats that may be linked to the group's concern for Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas war

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