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Nearly 350 people in southeastern Virginia visited urgent care or emergency rooms with heat-related illness in late June.
Crozet’s Neil Handa competed in the state finals in Williamsburg earlier this month after writing an essay about the impact of excessive screen time on young people.
The legislation could force more than 300,000 Virginians off their insurance.
“This is state-licensed mental health professionals that want to abuse their position of trust with LGBTQ youth into trying to change a part of themselves that cannot be changed,” Equality Virginia's Narissa Rahaman said.
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