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Local reporter covering schools in Virginia

Education: University of Florida, BS in journalism

Karina Elwood joined the Post in 2021 on the local politics and government team. She previously reported at the Miami Herald, South Florida Sun Sentinel and Orlando Sentinel.

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Loudoun County will now allow older students to carry naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post)

People pray during the Remember October 7th Rally on Monday at the National Mall in Washington.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) in 2023.

Peter Vlaming, a West Point Virginia high school teacher, outside the Supreme Court of Virginia in Richmond on Nov. 4, 2022.

A school bus in Alexandria, Va., in August 2023. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)

School resource officers walk outside Alexandria City High School, which was temporarily put on a “hold status” this month after a threat against the school.

Democrats in the Virginia Senate have introduced a bill that would restrict cellphone use in schools.

A student uses their cellphone after unlocking the pouch that secures it from use during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo, Calif., on Aug. 16. Most Virginia voters say they support cellphone bans in the state’s public schools. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/AP)

Attendees with D.C. Young Republicans watch the presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at the Dirty Water in Washington on Tuesday.