• Gun rights supporters rallied on Capitol Square Monday as Democratic lawmakers prepare to push for tighter restrictions on access to firearms.—Associated Press, Washington Post• President Joe Biden called Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, to congratulate him on becoming the first Black lawmaker to hold the position.—TheGrio• Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, blasted the idea of reallocating transportation dollars to pay for the planned sports arena in Northern Virginia.—WTOP• A Richmond-area man spent roughly $1 million to build the world’s greatest stereo system before he died.—Washington Post• “Four people, including three Virginia residents, pleaded guilty last week in an illegal duck-hunting operation that involved baiting a Middleburg pond in violation of federal law, resulting in dozens of dead migratory wood ducks.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2024 12:46 UTC