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Gov. Ralph Northam thegrio.com
July 16, 2019
Months after a scandal that could have cost him his job, the Virginia governor is having trouble raising money to…
June 25, 2019
[griojw id=”A8FlLn9V” playerid=””] Virginia embattled lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax is thinking about running for governor. Colorado congressman Joe Neguse says
Police
April 10, 2019
An unnamed officer with the Richmond Police Department has upset the parents of children who he borderline threatened after a…
Gov. Ralph Northam thegrio.com
April 2, 2019
Although the controversy over Gov. Ralph Northam's photos in his medical school yearbook seems to have quieted, the probe into…
March 11, 2019
Deborah Brown used a system that, however unlikely, paid off for her in the Virginia lottery. She's not the only…
Virginia
March 1, 2019
Students embraced the Confederate battle flag at a Virginia High School event, opening up a conflict over racial insensitivity at…
February 26, 2019
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax delivered a speech comparing his situation to a political lynching without any due process, facts,…
Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax thegrio.com
February 25, 2019
Embattled Virginia Lt Gov Justin Fairfax is fighting back against several sexual assault claims and on Sunday gave a controversial…
African American Statue in Virginiathegrio.com
February 24, 2019
Virginia’s Loudoun County Schools has announced plans to implement bias training, after parents slammed a Black History Month slavery “game."
Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax thegrio.com
February 20, 2019
Virginia Democrats will let the police carry out their investigation into accusations that Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted two…
In this undated file photo provided by Scripps College, Vanessa Tyson, an associate professor in politics at Scripps College, poses for a photo. Tyson, who has accused Virginia's lieutenant governor of sexual assault, is scheduled to appear Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at a long-planned Stanford University academic symposium on that topic. (Scripps College via AP, file) thegrio.com
February 13, 2019
[griojw id=”W42tThD6″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A college professor avoided talking directly about her accusation that Virginia’s lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her,
Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax thegrio
February 12, 2019
Virginia should give Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax a chance to defend himself against his accusers in a legal courtroom invoking…
Justin Fairfax thegrio
February 12, 2019
Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax isn't a victim of Virginia's 400-year-old white male patriarchy, but instead must resign because of a…
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam thegrio.com
February 12, 2019
Since he hasn't agreed to calls to step down, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has received a list of demands from…
February 7, 2019
Future Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment oversaw the 1968 yearbook at Virginia Military Institute, prompting calls for his resignation.
African American Statue in Virginiathegrio.com
February 7, 2019
The discovery last week of a racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam‘s 1984 medical school yearbook page has served as
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Justin Fairfax, Lt. Governor of Virginia, and Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) present the Educational Leadership Award during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund 31st Anniversary Awards Gala at on October 29, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Thurgood Marshall College Fund) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
[griojw id=”xhErNJvX” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax has denied sexual abuse claims and says a website that outed
Tara Raigns, of Petersburg, Va., right, reacts to Gov. Ralph Northam's comments during a news conference in the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. She joined protesters outside, calling for his resignation. (Alexa Welch Edlund/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
When Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam refused to resign last week, he did so in the shadow of a Capitol built…
This image shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. The page shows a picture, at right, of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor. It's unclear who the people in the picture are, but the rest of the page is filled with pictures of Northam and lists his undergraduate alma mater and other information about him. (Eastern Virginia Medical School via AP) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was clinging to office Monday morning amid nearly unanimous calls from his own party to resign…
Governor Ralph Northam
February 2, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam stated he will not heed calls to resign because he does not believe he is either one of…