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Virginia News
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Mayor Levar Stoney’s final budget is taking shape ahead of next week’s City Council vote.
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Virginia’s special budget session for the next two fiscal years starts Monday.
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The public initially became aware of the pipe's failure because a landowner reported it to a state database.
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Younkin has until May to approve $10M in initial funding.
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Food permit requests have decreased in Richmond compared to pre-pandemic numbers. In Henrico and Chesterfield counties, they've increased.
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Two impending laws close a yearslong chapter marked by bipartisan delays.
NPR News
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British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language rappers Kneecap also are being investigated.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sarah Jane Tribble, chief rural correspondent for KFF Health News, about how potential cuts to Medicaid could impact rural hospitals.
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The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
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Police on Monday named Wess Roley, 20, as the suspect in the attack. He was found dead late on Sunday, according to law enforcement.
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The Trump administration has issued a notice of violation accusing Harvard University of "deliberate indifference" toward Jewish and Israeli students.
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?