BY ROWENA FINN VIRGINIA BEACH — Last month, The Richmond Times-Dispatch published an article about an effort to push Tracie Liguid, the first Filipino American to
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BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — The city, facing the end of its controversial local voting system and a ticking clock related to the
Ed. — From the Sunday, April 11, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — A federal judge on Wednesday, March 31, ruled that
Ed. — From the Sunday, March 28, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Efforts by Virginia Beach School Board Member Vicky Manning
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The city earned a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign’s municipal equality index, which rates communities based upon
Ed. — This originally ran in the Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — The Virginia Beach City Council in
BY BILL CURTIS VIRGINIA BEACH — Thomas Paine, a Virginian and an American revolutionary, penned a pamphlet titled “The Crisis” on Dec. 23, 1776, that
Ed. — This appeared in the Sunday, June 7, print edition of The Independent News. BY ISRAEL ZOBERMAN VIRGINIA BEACH — What a year it has
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE CREEDS — Creeds native and writer Rita Jones sees humanity as a single patchwork quilt that’s sewn from many threads, and
Ed. — This story appeared in print on Jan. 17, 2020. It was archived in December 2020. BY VENI FIELDS COURTHOUSE — On Monday, Jan. 6,