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Virginia News
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The state budget approved May 13 creates a panel to probe the displacement of Black families by public college and university developments and consider possible redress
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The deals for the police, fire and a third bargaining unit went into effect immediately.
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There have been thousands of maintenance requests at the district’s schools during the past few years.
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About $3.3M has been spent on ads in the Virginia race through May 10.
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The spending plan addresses city essentials like Richmond Public Schools' maintenance.
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Politically, it puts an end to a monthslong debate that observers called markedly tense.
NPR News
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Eric Johnson's husband, Dennis Hopkins, was given a 50% chance of surviving lung cancer. During one hospital stay, they met their unsung hero, a nurse named Sherry.
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Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.
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President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities without first consulting Congress has drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers who say the move bypasses their constitutional authority to declare war.
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Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef.
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A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they're not originally from.
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?