Whittney Evans
KCPW reporter Whittney Evans shares Utah news stories with Utah Public Radio. Whittney holds a degree in communication with an emphasis in print journalism from Morehead State University in Kentucky.
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The funeral for Irvo Otieno takes place Wednesday in Richmond, Va. Otieno died earlier this month after 10 people tried to restrain him at a state psychiatric hospital.
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More than a year after Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it was lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, Va., to be placed into storage. -
More than a year after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it will be lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, and placed into storage.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, signed a ban on the death penalty in that state Wednesday, joining 22 other states. -
Lawmakers in Virginia have voted to repeal the death penalty in part because of its disproportionate effect on Black residents. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam says he will sign the bill.
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Lawmakers in the Democratic-majority Virginia legislature voted to end the death penalty citing its high cost, the possibility of executing the innocent and its disproportionate racial impact. -
State capitals have been warned of potential armed protests and violence in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. We hear from reporters in Virginia, Michigan and Oregon.
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After a summer of protests, Democratic lawmakers, who have control of the Virginia legislature, head back to the capital to begin the process of prohibiting controversial police tactics. -
Attorney General Mark Herring says when he was in college, "some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time." -
Some drops in prison populations were offset by increases at local jails, especially in rural areas.
