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Dave Ress

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Virginia journalist; historian; author "Municipal Accountability in the American Age of Reform," "The Half Breed Tracts," "Deeds, Titles and Changing Concepts of Land Rights" and "The Kansas Blue Sky Act" PhD University of New England (Australian)

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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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Scathing watchdog report highlights gaps in Virginia's child welfare system
When things get so bad that social workers think about taking children from their homes, their decisions are often made in arbitrary ways with little planning or thought, a blistering report from a st...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Watermen object to cost of effort to save terrapins from crab pots
A proposal to keep diamondback terrapins from drowning when trapped in Chesapeake Bay crab pots is sparking angry objections from watermen.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Federal cuts are hitting Richmond nonprofits hard, Warner hears
It’s not just the Trump administration’s spending freezes or the threatend cuts that worry the Richmond nonprofit agencies that step in to help with housing, health care and services for vulnerable yo...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Youngkin signs bills to ban food dyes in school meals
Virginia legislation to get artificial food dyes out of school meals serve got a big thumbs up from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. when Gov. Glenn Youngkin told him ...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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A student's job turns into cancer a half century later
A student's part time work more than half a century ago has turned into terminal cancer.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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U.S. food aid cuts threaten family budgets, and Virginia's
Democratic legislators say Congress' goals for spending cuts put SNAP benefits at risk, which could affect thousands of Virginia families - and the state budget.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Virginia SCC orders two big health insurers to reimburse hundreds
Two of the state’s biggest health insurers must reimburse more than 900 Virginians for overcharges, the State Corporation Commission ordered.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Youngkin orders state police, prisons to cooperate with ICE
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is ordering Virginia State Police to set a task force of officers deputized to act with federal immigration officials to identify and arrest illegal immigrants.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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Second-year lawmakers learning the ways of the General Assembly
Legislators serving their second year in the General Assembly say they apply many lessons from their first year in office.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Controversial Virginia bill on license plate readers advancing again
The bill would set rules about who can see and use data from license plate readers and could allow the readers to be installed along up to 60,000 miles of
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Boys & Girls Clubs, day care centers in General Assembly battle
The much beloved Boys and Girls Clubs where generations of kids find a haven and the day care centers that moms and dads rely on to provide a safe place for children while parents work are clashing ov...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Proposed sales tax surcharge for schools is heading to governor
A bill to let voters in Virginia localities decide whether to impose an extra tax on themselves to pay for school construction is headed for a governor who vetoed a similar measure last year.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Bills to establish legal market for cannabis head to Youngkin
Bills to set up a legal retail market for marijuana are again headed for a governor who doesn’t like the idea, but they have picked up bit more support from members of Gov; Glenn Youngkin’s Republican...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Youngkin bans DeepSeek AI on state devices, networks
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is banning use of the DeepSeek artificial intelligence application on state devices and networks.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Obenshain calls for crackdown on failing assisted living facilities
State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Rockingham, calls for new enforcement tool for state oversight of assisted living facilities
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Obenshain calls for crackdown on failing assisted living facilities
State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Rockingham, calls for new enforcement tool for state oversight of assisted living facilities
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Virginia: Foster care bills pass General Assembly in bipartisan push
Child welfare bills sail through General Assembly on unanimous votes as legislator concern for vulnerable youth crosses party lines
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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General Assembly Democrats say Youngkin, GOP ignore Virginia
General Assembly Democrats gathering to review the legislature’s actions as of Crossover, the session midpoint, said Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Republican legislators are too focused on loyalty to Presid...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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In the rush to Crossover, hundreds of General Assmbly bills die
Hundreds of General Assembly bills have died as the 2025 session reaches its crossover day, the time when each body hands over its bills to the other for its action.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Advocates try again, with more hope now, for probation reform in Virginia
Two law-and-order Republicans, including a longtime Chesapeake jail deputy, are pushing the idea that former inmates who do exceptionally well on probation should get a break on time in the
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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These consumer protection bills have gained traction in Virginia General Assembly
The General Assembly is moving legislation to protect consumers from aggressive debt collection, junk fees and efforts to get past state laws than ban high-interest rate loans
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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Virginia GOP leaders see clean energy costs as a campaign issue
Stories of Southwest Virginians paying $800 monthly electric bills sparked Republican move push the issue in this year’s gubernatorial and House of Delegates election, with claim that clean energy pol...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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A Virginia state senator is trying to crack down on gun thefts from vehicles
State Sen. Dave Marsden, D-Fairfax, tries a new way to deal with thefts of guns from cars.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Virginia free clinics seek state help for their safety net care
Virginia's cash-strapped free clinics seek state help to cope with rising costs and soaring demand for their safety net services
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Virginia rent control bill passes a key General Assembly gatekeeper
A bill that would let localities pass rent control ordinances, capping increases at 3%, passes key General Assembly gatekeeper/
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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Virginia bill to create marijuana market passes first hurdle
Legislation to set up a regulated retail market for marijuana passed a first General Assembly hurdle on the same kind of party line vote on the essentially identical bill that Gov. Glenn Youngkin veto...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
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Democrats to try again for a legal marijuana market, despite Youngkin veto
Legislators plan to confront Gov. Glenn Youngkin on another of his high-profile vetoes from 2024 - a measure to create a legal retail market for marijuana.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Water infrastructure a General Assembly focus after Richmond crisis
As Virginia legislators take an unexpected break, right at the start of the 2025, the Richmond water crisis that’s delaying their work has given new urgency to an issue – drinking water and water poli...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Doing wheelies, driving donuts draw General Assembly concern
Del. David Bulova, D-Fairfax, is trying, as he seeks to end an aggravating – and potentially dangerous – behavior on the streets of his community.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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Clash set over Youngkin's 2024 vetoes on prescription drugs, contraception
Legislators plan a confrontation with Gov. Glenn Youngkin over two of his highest-profile vetoes last year: bills for a state panel to cap medication prices and to ensure Virginians’ right
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Virginia Senate GOP calls for stiffer firearms penalty, tax breaks
Republican state Senators plan to push for more time in prison when repeat offenders use guns when committing violent felonies.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Baby Shark takes a bite for Virginia consumer protection
A 2-year-old ordered a music subscription through a Fairfax County family's Alexa device. It could lead to a first-in-the-nation consumer protection law.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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A compromise but no consensus on solar siting bill
After backing away from proposals that the state take over approving or denying large solar projects, legislators will consider a proposed state board to review proposals and recommend local action.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
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After four decades, another crack at a repetitive stress bill
A four-decade effort to end the Virginia workers comp system's unique in the nation refusal to cover repetitive stress injuries brings a new bill with, unusually, some GOP and business
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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Hundreds of bills the General Assembly continued met quiet deaths
Theoretically, some 376 measures dealing with everything from leaf blowers to data centers to guns to gender ID, were on life support when the General Assembly last year decided hold off acting until ...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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Sen. Favola proposes SOL tests in other languages
State Sen. Barbara Favola, D-Arlington, says this will help evaluate how Virginia students learning English as a second language are doing with other core classes.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Virginia legislators seek to rein in debt collectors
Two Virginia legislators – one Democrat and one Republican – plan legislation to limit what debt collectors and creditors can seize.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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For Virginia immigrants — with papers or not — a worrying time
Fear of what could be coming with president-elect Trump's mass deportation promise hangs over many Virginia immigrants, legal or not, as well as the businesses and individuals who rely on the work the...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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A government shutdown would be a blow to Virginia
The federal government shutdown set at midnight Friday would hit Virginia hard, unless frantic efforts on Capitol Hill to prevent it succeed.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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Genworth takes new approach to aging Americans' long-term care
Genworth’s year-old CareScout Services business aims to help people navigate the often daunting task of finding help with some of the many challenges of aging.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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Warner, Kaine lament collapse of spending bill, urge Va. disaster relief
Thinking of hard-hit Damascus, Va., Sen. Mark Warner says the collapse of a temporary federal funding agreement after Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump oppose it leaves Southwest Virginia in ...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Youngkin pitches $1.1 billion plan to rebate local car tax
The governor is seeking bipartisan support for his proposal to deposit $1.1 billion in a car tax credit fund to provide income tax rebates for taxpayers.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Virginia workers' comp rates for employers decline again
The price of the workers' compensation insurance that pays for lost wages and medical care when people are injured or killed on the job is coming down again in Virginia.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Youngkin wants to bar funds for police, jails in so-called 'sanctuary cities'
Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to deny state supports for police and fails to localities that don't cooperate with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service when it seeks to deport criminals.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Amazon revives plans for $350M Goochland fulfillment center
Amazon is planning its seventh Richmond area facility, reviving plans for a $350 million fulfillment center by the Rockville exit from Interstate 64 in eastern Goochland County.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Earle-Sears, Spanberger outline different economic approaches at Virginia Chamber
The two presumptive candidates to be Virginia’s next governor painted sharply different visions to a crowd of more than 500 business leaders at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s annual economic summi...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Virginia: 1st District drew more voters than congressional battlegrounds
Despite the multiple millions of dollars spent to get out the vote in two Virginia battlegrounds for Congress this year, the biggest turnout came in a part of the state where nobody expected much of a...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Youngkin: Time to build on Bay progress, focus on where goals are missed
With some 2025 goals for cleaning up Chesapeake Bay hit – and some unlikely to be – Gov. Glenn Youngkin is directing state officials to take a fresh look how to follow up on successes and how to focus...
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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State Board of Elections certifies Virginia's 2024 vote
It took the state board three minutes to make the Virginia count official after weeks of checks by local electoral boards and state Department of Elections staff.
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Dave Ress @daveress.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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Virginia: Solar, data centers, carbon top environmentalists' lists for session
Solar farms, data centers and carbon dioxide are on track to dominate General Assembly discussions on the environment in the 2025 session.
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