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RVA's Got Issues
Headwaters Down
Un-wine'd
Virginia News
NPR News
Virginia News
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One proposal from Del. Carr stemmed from a constituent's cycling story. -
The turnout gap between white and nonwhite voters in Virginia increased between 2020 and 2022.
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The new law, which passed unanimously in the Virginia House and Senate, will take effect July 1.
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Ten people have been charged with misdemeanors, according to state police.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin warned state lawmakers that the bill needs “a lot of work.”
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Legislators resolved their differences, which still run contrary to the administration’s agenda.
NPR News
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At issue was President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent US status.
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Both the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq closed at record highs on Friday, as investors shrugged off trade tensions and recent fighting in the Middle East.
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The Supreme Court is expected to decide on six remaining cases of its term today, including one on birthright citizenship. And, new details about the U.S. air strikes on Iran's nuclear program.
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Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.
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An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the system.
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?
