by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 21.
- Trump wins South Carolina; Bush drops out of GOP race (“Clinton holds off Sanders in Nevada caucuses”)
- Clinton regains momentum after crushing defeat in N.H.
- Cruz, Rubio bolster their status as leading alternatives
- After beginning with great confidence, Bush’s bid ends with devastating loss
- It’s time to face facts about Trump: South Carolina has sent him barreling towards the GOP nomination and there’s little standing in his way
- Jeb Bush’s Path To Defeat Began A Year Ago
- The Planned Parenthood witch hunt (“A reckless probe by a House panel has the potential of damaging health care and medical research.”)
- The GOP’s Three-Headed Monster (“As long as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are both in the race, neither of them is going to beat Donald Trump.”)
- Hillary Clinton’s Path Is Clear (“Barring a catastrophe, her nomination is inevitable.” Agreed.)
- Inside Jeb Bush’s $150 Million Failure (“His closest aides failed to predict Trump and never changed course, guiding a flawed candidate into a corner he couldn’t escape.”)
- Editorial: Virginia’s cavalier attitude toward ethics (“With the McDonnell spotlight now dimmed, lawmakers are poised to radically roll back the state’s lax ethics laws, part of an ongoing tantrum about the media and its tendencies to expose wrongdoing.”)
- More than 200 protesters march against Dominion coal ash plans; eight arrested
- House budget plan includes pay raises, funds for education
- Alarms were raised before Va. officials accepted use of Redskins box
- Virginia police, behind masks (“The state Senate has passed a bill that would provide anonymity to police, shielding them from accountability.” Obviously unacceptable.)
- Schapiro: As Va. legislature enters halftime, full-time partisanship is the rule
- Our view: On to Virginia!
- Virginia Opera, Virginia Symphony Orchestra deep in debt to Norfolk
- Ben Davenport: A plan to protect coastal Virginia
- Shenandoah National Park runs up $90 million in delayed maintenance
- Alexandria council fails to allow new affordable housing
- Spring-like weekend turns rainy today, more storminess midweek
