Prince William Times - 02/15/2024

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February 15, 2024 | Vol. 23, No. 7 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | $1.00 Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

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After a tragic death, a call for change

Warrenton family who lost their toddler joins effort to lift Va.’s cap on malpractice claims By Hunter Savery Times Staff Writer

When Carson and Kallie McRae brought their 2-year-old to the emergency room, they expected that hospital staff would help him get better. Instead, their world was shattered when a nurse mistakenly gave their young son Artemis a lethal dose of a common painkiller. Because of their heartbreaking experience, the McRaes jumped on board with the latest effort to lift Virginia’s cap on medical malpractice claims. It won’t happen in 2024 — a bill the McRaes supported was voted down last week — but the lawmaker who authored the bill says he’ll keep trying to change state law. On Thursday, Feb. 8, the state Senate’s Finance Committee rejected a bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Stanley,

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Carson and Kallie McRae with their son Artemis, 2, before he fell ill in late 2022.

Data center bills fizzle out

See MALPRACTICE, page 2

Police respond to the Electrical and Telecommunications Training Center in Manassas late Tuesday afternoon.

By Cher Muzyk

Times Staff Writer

While many data center reform bills have been proposed during Virginia’s 2024 legislative session, only one is still alive — and it has no teeth. The sole survivor is House Bill 338, sponsored by freshman Del. Josh Thomas. In its original state, it would have mandated that localities perform a site assessment before approving a data center. But now, after weeks of committee votes and amendments, the bill has been so watered down that the mandate is gone, and the bill says only that localities “may” perform a site assessment before approving a data center. The bill is currently awaiting a vote before the entire House. If ap-

a Republican who represents a large swath of southwest Virginia, that aimed to ensure that families hurt by medical malpractice would be able to seek enough money through the courts to cover long-term care. Both Democrats and Republicans backed the bill. In November 2022, Carson and Kallie brought their son Artemis to the emergency room at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville with stomach pains. Hospital staff quickly diagnosed Artemis with appendicitis — a common and treatable illness. But what should have been a routine part of the treatment went awry when a traveling nurse gave Artemis a 1,000-milligram dose of Tylenol. The typical dose for a young child is

PHOTO BY JOHN CALHOUN

Del. Josh Thomas proved, it will head to the Senate. Newly elected state Sen. Danica Roem, D-30th, and Thomas, D-21st, represent overlapping districts in Western Prince William County that are home to the Prince William Digital Gateway, which, when complete, could include as many as 37 data centers on about 1,700 acres adjacent to See BILLS, page 2

2 dead in stabbing, police shooting at Manassas training facility By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

A violent outburst at an electricians’ training facility in Manassas Tuesday afternoon has left two young men dead. A 26-year-old Woodbridge man armed with a knife stabbed two other students, one fatally, before he was shot and killed by arriving Prince

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William County police officers. The incident unfolded just before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the Electrical and Telecommunications Training Center, located in the 7000 block of Infantry Ridge Road in Manassas. See SHOOTING, page 4

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