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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
- Youngkin to veto $900M in budget items to hedge against risk of federal cuts
- Botched tax rebate process deepens concerns over Richmond’s finance department
- Public comment period open for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate extension
- Danville residents worry Medicaid cuts could lead to homelessness, death
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The city would use the site for a preschool, schools offices; UVA would expand program offerings.
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They resemble slot machines, and their legality is hotly contested.
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The GOP nominee says a social media account containing explicit photos is part of a campaign to force him out of the race.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 28.
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The planned amendment would outlaw new tobacco or hemp retail across most of the entire city.
NPR News
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Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were dead of mushroom poisoning. She denies deliberately poisoning them.
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How will having to start repaying your student loans affect your financial situation? Tell us about your experience, and we may be in touch for an upcoming story on Morning Edition.
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The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White House plan would tip many low-income renters over the edge into homelessness.
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The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.
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Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun born in 1908, is remembered as compassionate and dedicated to her faith.
Arts & Culture
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
- Shockoe Institute breaks ground for new center in Richmond
