• Victories by progressive candidates in last week’s primaries indicate a leftward shift in Democratic Northern Virginia, where voters in several instances ousted more traditionally centrist lawmakers.—Washington Post• “Discriminatory policies 100 years ago affected Norfolk’s future flooding infrastructure. Here’s how residents fought to change it.”—Virginian-Pilot• Several groups including the ACLU of Virginia are suing the state over a law that automatically strips felons of the right to vote, arguing it violates the 1870 terms of Virginia’s readmission into the Union following the Civil War.—Washington Post• Virginia’s Opioid Abatement Fund approved its first round of grants on the heels of the state receiving its own first set of settlement payments from drug manufacturers and distributors.—Cardinal News• The town of Lincoln celebrated the 100th birthday of a woman named Helen Cook who served as the cafeteria manager for local schools for 50 years. “It felt like your grandma was cooking for you.”—NBC4

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2023 11:38 UTC