State legislators are accusing the University of Virginia of dodging a request for records related to its $2.3 billion Strategic Investment Fund.
A letter signed by 11 lawmakers claims the university’s records dump last week included many omissions, such as responses by UVa President Teresa A. Sullivan. Continue…
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Public officials' refusal to release the investigative report into the state liquor control agents who bloodied a University of Virginia student in March stands as one of the more blatant examples of government's failure to level with the people about its actions.
But it's hardly the only one. Continue…
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Public officials' refusal to release the investigative report into the state liquor control agents who bloodied a University of Virginia student in March stands as one of the more blatant examples of government's failure to level with the people about its actions.
But it's hardly the only one. Continue…
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At the request of the governor and prosecutors, the Virginia State Police are investigating the arrest of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson by Alcoholic Beverage Control agents, but it’s unlikely the public will have access to much of the investigation.
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Some LGBT activists are upset with University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock, one of the nation’s foremost law-and-religion scholars. According to the Charlottesville Daily Progress, these activists “believe his writings supporting controversial religious freedom laws are holding back progressive causes such as access to contraceptives and gay marriage.” For instance, Professor Laycock blogged here about Arizona’s SB1062, a bill ultimately vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer that would have clarified and strengthened the state’s religious freedom laws.
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