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Journalistic failure that was avoidable: And yet Rolling Stone doubles down after rape story fiasco

Chris Graham

Rolling Stone has retracted its story that put the University of Virginia in the crosshairs for purportedly failing to respond appropriately to a reported gang rape after a Columbia University report released Sunday evening detailed multiple levels of failure in the reporting on the story.

Ken Plum: Halftime

Ken Plum

The General Assembly has reached crossover, the point on the legislative calendar when each house must have completed work on bills introduced into its respective chamber. That point was Tuesday for all bills except for adjustments to the budget that will be considered on Thursday.

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Kaine introduces bill in Senate to improve career readiness in schools

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U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Career Ready Act of 2015, legislation that would help ensure students are college and career-ready by strengthening school counseling programs and encouraging states to keep track of career readiness factors implemented in school districts.