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RVA's Got Issues
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The historic road appears along U.S. Route 250 and in parts of Richmond, Henrico. -
Youngkin is considering legislation to raise the minimum age to 18 — without exceptions.
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The program could help Richmond work with private organizations to target specific environmental burdens.
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The vetoes come a day after the conclusion of a $2 billion arena deal Youngkin championed.
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When the General Assembly reconvenes April 17, it will consider Youngkin's proposal.
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It's a more definitive end to the proposal than the General Assembly's legislative stonewalling.
NPR News
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The sweeping Republican bill extends tax cuts while scaling back spending on Medicaid and SNAP. It now heads to President Trump's desk for his signature.
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The owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home received the maximum possible sentence for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 aid.
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NPR's Scott Simon remembers the astonishing career of former White House press secretary and long-time public broadcasting journalist Bill Moyers, who died this week at the age of 91.
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There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
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The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell them why. Some are laying off staff.
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?
