A new law on college hazing prevention and more Va. headlines - Virginia Mercury

• In an appearance preceded by condemnation from the student paper that drew national media coverage, former Vice President Mike Pence spoke to an audience at UVA about “woke-ism,” freedom, critical race theory, transgender controversies and other topics.—Daily Progress

• A year after the death of a VCU freshman, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed legislation that requires college students to undergo hazing prevention training.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Politifact dinged Virginia Democrats for claiming that House Republicans’ budget proposal would cut “hundreds of millions” from public school funding, calling the statement “highly misleading.”—VPM

• Hemp advocates and civil rights activists say Youngkin’s amendments to a marijuana bill passed by the General Assembly are “an assault on farmers and businesses” that is reminiscent of the decades-long War on Drugs.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Norfolk Police Department has a 25 percent vacancy rate. “The exit has just been massive. And it just keeps going.” The local police association says the lack of a pay gap between new and experienced officers is one major reason why.—WAVY

• A U.S. House Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission contending the Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder “may have engaged in a troubling, long-running, and potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct.”—Washington Post

• Ginni Thomas, the right-wing activist who is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, endorsed Prince William Supervisor Yesli Vega in the crowded GOP primary for the 7th congressional district.—Washington Post

• A developer has canceled plans to build homes on part of the New Market Heights Civil War battlefield, where 14 soldiers with the U.S. Colored Troops won medals of honor.—Henrico Citizen

• A small earthquake was recorded Tuesday in central Virginia.—NBC12

• A construction crew in Norfolk discovered a 100-pound cannonball dating to “sometime between the Revolutionary and Civil War.”—Virginian-Pilot

• “If you read any national reports this year about parachuting spiders coming to the East Coast, then rest assured that the joro spider is far from a concern — even for those who hate spiders.”—Northern Virginia Daily

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