Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Virginia News
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The former car dealership owner beat out other primary challengers in a three-way race that tested former President Donald Trump's influence over Ohio GOP voters.
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Nearly 97% of voting-age U.S. citizens now live in a state with some form of early voting, according to a new report.
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Improving transportation infrastructure takes time, meetings — and a group activity.
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Colonial Downs, which owns Rosie's, plans to expand hours in Dumfries and Richmond.
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The governor made clear he would continue trying to advance the $2B arena plan.
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Designer Ethel Bailey Furman was among the first Black women in Virginia to work as an architect.
NPR News
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Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the decision 10 years later and the LGBTQ community's current civil rights fight.
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Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The president says state governments should do more.
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"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. "The Constitution grants them that right."
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Presidential adviser Kari Lake attacked the Voice of America in Congressional testimony Wednesday. A former network official called her actions "profoundly harmful to our national interests."
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Three graduating college seniors reflect on how their final semester, during the Trump presidency, has changed how they think about higher education.
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?