The Bulletin

Origin of bare breast on state flag revealed and more Va. headlines

By: - May 22, 2023 12:04 am

The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)

• Former congressman Tom Garrett won the GOP nomination for a central and Southside Virginia seat in the House of Delegates five years after he stepped down from the U.S. House of Representatives to deal with alcoholism.—Cardinal News 

• Vape and smoke shops are everywhere in Virginia. Given the continued absence of recreational pot dispensaries, some stores appear to be offering real-deal marijuana.—Daily Press

• Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently visited an active war zone in Ukraine, calling it a “fact-finding mission.”—Washington Post

• Reports of threatening language in a progressive Facebook group called “Loudoun Love Warriors” are fueling more political controversy in Loudoun County.—Washington Post

• “How the Virginia flag came to have an exposed breast on it.”—Virginian-Pilot

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