Wednesday - December 4, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Monday November 25, 2024 ( 2 items )  

CAIR Condemns White Supremacist Highway Banner in Virginia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Nov. 24, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a highway banner reportedly put up by the white supremacist group Patriot Front in Virginia. Roanoke, Virginia, police removed the banner that was hanging from an overpass on the Elm Avenue bridge over Interstate 581 early Friday morning. Last week, CAI  more

Capt. Brandon Donahue, 1st Lt. Mame Ngom, 1st Lt. Melonie Herndon named Duke game Hokie Heroes
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Three Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumni were selected as the Hokie Heroes for Saturday's football game against Duke. U.S. Air Force Capt. Brandon Donahue, a 2019 corps graduate, earned his degree in management from the Pamplin School of Business. U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Mame Ngom graduated from the corps and earned her degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences in 2021, and U.S. Ai  more