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Virginia GOP criticize attorney general for visiting Falls Church mosque; edited news headline on Facebook stirs up Virginia gubernatorial primary

Northern Virginia’s daily dose of local and national news for Wednesday, March 22.

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Virginia Republicans are criticizing Attorney General Mark Herring for speaking at Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church due to the mosque’s former attendees and a former  imam who were connected to the Sept. 11 attacks and al-Qaeda.
(The Washington Post)

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A conservative nonprofit with ties to campaign aides for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart shared a Washington Post article about Stewart’s Charlottesville rally for preserving Confederate monuments on Facebook with an edited headline targeting his primary opponent Ed Gillespie.
(ABC 7 News)

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted to cut the tax rate by two cents.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)

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The Loudoun County School Board voted to offer Dominion High School Principal John Brewer his position back on a probationary period after he was placed on leave. He has 10 days to accept or decline the offer.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)

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President Donald Trump‘s administration will reportedly recommend a 1.9 percent increase to federal workers’ salaries.
(WTOP)

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