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Virginia News
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Virginia News
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The $11.4B federal ‘claw back’ has led to layoffs and public health cuts nationwide.
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The spending plan includes a $426M water treatment plant that could be online by 2033.
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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.
NPR News
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In India, sensationalist TV news coverage of fighting between India and Pakistan reveals the polarization of the country's media.
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Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.
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A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.
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An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.
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June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
Arts & Culture
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?