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RVA's Got Issues
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The spending plan includes a $426M water treatment plant that could be online by 2033. -
The governor removed a barrier to local betting parlors despite bipartisan support.
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The governor axed another Democrat-led effort to create a legal retail market.
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Citizen science has previously spurred action by the Richmond government.
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Former service members make up roughly 30% of federal workers.
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Updated: The governor’s amendments include cuts to school support funding and a rental assistance pilot.
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The major writing prize awards the best fiction translated into English. Judges called Banu Mushtaq's short story collection "something genuinely new for English readers."
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A Massachusetts federal judge questioned whether deportations of people to countries other than their own violated his prior court order.
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In one weekend in May, more than a 1,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida. The massive crackdown has Trump supporters asking why their neighbors were detained and must be deported.
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The plan includes a vast array of space-based sensors and interceptors.
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Federal officials unveiled a rigorous regulatory approach to future COVID vaccines that could make it harder for many people under 65 to get immunized.
