As President Trump pledges to revive ‘beautiful’ coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But who stands to benefit?
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NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023.
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Virginia also lost $219 million in funding, which had already been allocated.
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County officials agreed to target investments toward infrastructure.
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Virginia Clean Economy Act, RGGI could face federal challenges.
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The Fredericksburg native uses sounds from nature to create folk music.
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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.
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NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
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An aviation analyst says accepting a Qatari plane could possibly burden the government by utilizing more time and resources in order to ensure the president's safety.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic strategist David Axelrod about Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, which explores Biden's decline and how his inner circle has concealed it from the public.
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- 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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