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RVA's Got Issues
RVA's Got Issues
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Virginia News
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The county’s finance committee reviewed pay for similar positions in other locales. -
The Richmond protest was one of many that took place across the country on April 19.
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At least 35 students have had visas terminated across the commonwealth.
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Experts say solving the staffing crisis is just the start.
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Issues at the city’s treatment plant include failing battery backups and “a faulty culture.”
NPR News
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Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts will cause 8.6 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, an estimate shows. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said it will cost Republicans seats in Congress.
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Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy spoke by phone recently, according to the Vatican.
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NPR has identified some Trump officials with ties to antisemitic extremists. And, why Trump's pledge to potentially lift sanctions on Syria is significant.
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Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.
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New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of "discrepancies" in the 2020 election, continuing the spread of a false narrative years after it was first pushed by Trump and his allies.
Arts & Culture
- Tara Roberts helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
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