Category: Winsome Sears

She’s Winsome, but Also Tough

September 1, 2022
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Commentary Richmond, VA—The definition of winsome is “sweetly or innocently charming: winning, engaging.” The lieutenant governor of Virginia, Winsome Sears, is all of these, but she is also tough and has convictions on issues that matter to her and thinks should matter to Virginians and the nation. As President Biden last Saturday commemorated “Slave Remembrance…

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School Mask Mandate U-Turns in Conservative Virginia County Highlight Controversy

January 21, 2022
Education & Family NewsGlenn YoungkinLocal NewsMask mandateRegional-Local NewsUSWinsome Sears
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Masking in school has become a heated issue across Virginia since Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order on his first day in office, making the masks optional. Subsequently, all Virginia school boards must decide before Monday—when the effective order takes effect—to follow or disregard the order. Frederick County, the northernmost point of Virginia, has…

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8-Year-Old Wants School to Observe Veterans Day

November 11, 2021
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FREDERICK COUNTY, Va.—Veteran’s day is a “very special day” for Austin Riddell, a fourth-grader at Redbud Run Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia. “It’s a day set aside to recognize bravery, courage, selflessness, a day to show our military veterans that our country loves them,” the 8-year-old said. To pay tribute to this, Austin organized an…

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Winsome Sears: It’s Not 1963

November 8, 2021
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Commentary The significance of Virginia Lt. Governor-elect Winsome Sears’ victory cannot be overstated. But her victory is significant not only because she is a black woman and the “first” of her race and gender to hold the office of lieutenant governor in Virginia, but also because she has been described as an anti-racist. Sears does…

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