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"The free Virginia History Trails app has 20 themes, more than 400 stories and 200 detailed site descriptions."
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State lawmakers navigating a thorny dispute between prosecutors overwhelmed by the growing volume of police-worn body camera footage and localities reluctant to pay for more lawyers have pumped the brakes on prescribing a solution. They’ve opted instead to study the matter, after punting on a proposal from state Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment, R-James City, which would require any locality buying body cameras for patrol officers to hire one additional entry-level assistant commonwealth’s attorney for every 50 body cameras deployed. The compromise comes after localities neck-deep in budget season balked and some prosecutors clashed over whether and how to examine the footage.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription required)
The state of Virginia has taken its broad, extensive history and condensed it to fit in the palm of your hand. Yes, there’s now an app for hundreds of years of women’s accomplishments, military conflicts and sites, and Native American and African American stories that were made in the commonwealth. The state recently released the “Virginia History Trails” mobile application in time for travel season. The free app has 20 themes, more than 400 stories and 200 detailed site descriptions. Users can plan trips based on region or topic, or simply walk down a street and read the story behind a noteworthy building, a church or person who once lived nearby.
The Virginian-Pilot
Following a community forum at the Jefferson School City Center in April and a public hearing last month that coincided with its approval to hire incoming police Chief RaShall Brackney, the Charlottesville City Council on Monday announced its appointments to a new community board that will strive to ensure local police are accountable to the public. The exclusion of two high-profile activists drew the ire of about a dozen people who spoke at the meeting. The dissent led to a prolonged council discussion about how it arrived at its appointments.
The Daily Progress
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