Sen.-elect Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) and Del. Dan Helmer (D) filed legislation that would ban any institution of higher education in Virginia from providing preferential treatment to a student based
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According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspection Report citing a critical violation, “… a 6 day-old piglet died from starvation and emaciation due to [Virginia Tech’s] failure to ensure it received a sufficient amount of food…. The piglet had been removed from its mother per a research protocol…. On day 4, the pig was described as sitting in the corner, quiet and with its head hanging down…. At no time in the 6 days were additional steps implemented such as calculating nutritional needs to maintain body weight, increasing the food offered via syringe or other method, measuring glucose levels, measuring hydration levels and/or fluid intake, or conducting weight checks. On day 6… the pig was found dead. On necropsy, the pig was… emaciated and the death was attributed to prolonged starvation.” The university was not fined or penalized.
Correction: The story from Thursday incorrectly stated that the NRCC had a memo with polling on VA-10. The NRCC did not conduct the polling. An outside company collected the results and then sent them to them in a memo that Virginia Scope obtained. The memo and the poll are not from the NRCC.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is endorsing a Republican in VA-07
