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News Tipoffs - Virginia Editors Newsletter for Monday February 23, 2026 ( 11 items )  

CIAA Announces 2026 Food Lion Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Brackets
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 21 [Category: Sports] -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: * * * CIAA Announces 2026 Food Lion Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Brackets * BALTIMORE, MD. (February 21, 2026) - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation's oldest Historically Black Athletic Conference, announces the brackets for its 2026 Food Lion CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament. The single elimination tournam  more

CIAA Reveals 2026 Men's and Women's All-CIAA Basketball Teams and Annual Award Honorees
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 22 [Category: Sports] -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: * * * CIAA Reveals 2026 Men's and Women's All-CIAA Basketball Teams and Annual Award Honorees * CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 22, 2026) - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced its 2026 Men's and Women's All-CIAA Basketball Teams along with its top conference honors following a regular season defined by competitive division races, late seaso  more

DCCC Chair Statement on Gov. Spanberger Signing New Congressional Map to Be Used if Virginia Voters Amend Their Constitution in April
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Statement on Gov. Spanberger Signing New Congressional Map to Be Used if Virginia Voters Amend Their Constitution in April * Today, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement after Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a law containing a new Congressional map that would be used in the 2026 election if Virginia voters successfully amend their constitution in A  more

Defending Education VP Perry Testifies Before House Education & Workforce Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and legal fellow at Defending Education, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Defending Faith and Families Against Government Overreach: Mahmoud v. Taylor": * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and distinguished Members of the subcommittee: Good morning. My name is Sarah Parsha  more

Parliamentary Secretary Oliphant to attend Arctic Summit in Yukon
OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 22 -- Global Affairs Canada, an arm of the Canadian government, posted the following news release: * * * Parliamentary Secretary Oliphant to attend Arctic Summit in Yukon * February 22, 2026 - Whitehorse, Yukon - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Robert Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will attend the 2026 Arctic Summit, in Whitehorse, Yukon, from February 23 to 24,   more

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves permit for SSEP pipeline
BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves permit for SSEP pipeline * February 20, 2026 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, an interstate pipeline proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC. The Corps' permit, issued   more

Warner & Kaine Statement on DOJ Firing of Interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Statement on DOJ Firing of Interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after the Department of Justice fired James W. Hundley, whom the District Judges of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) unanimously chose as the interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA: "The Trump Administration has sh  more

Warner & Kaine Statement on DOJ Firing of Interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Statement on DOJ Firing of Interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after the Department of Justice fired James W. Hundley, whom the District Judges of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) unanimously chose as the interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA: "The Trump Administration has shown com  more

Warner & Kaine Statement on Redistricting Effort in Virginia
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Statement on Redistricting Effort in Virginia * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding the General Assembly and Governor Abigail Spanberger's approval of a new Virginia congressional map that now heads to Virginians for a referendum vote: "Donald Trump's decision to prioritize redrawing voting maps ac  more

Warner & Kaine Statement on Redistricting Effort in Virginia
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Statement on Redistricting Effort in Virginia * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding the General Assembly and Governor Abigail Spanberger's approval of a new Virginia congressional map that now heads to Virginians for a referendum vote: "Donald Trump's decision to prioritize redrawing voting maps across th  more

White House Details EPA as Federal Lead on Potomac Interceptor Collapse and Response Efforts
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * White House Details EPA as Federal Lead on Potomac Interceptor Collapse and Response Efforts * WASHINGTON - The White House has assigned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the lead federal agency in response to the Potomac Interceptor collapse which resulted in at least 240 million gallons of raw, untreated sewage discharging into the Potomac River. EPA will implement the Pres  more