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Virginia News
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Experts say solving the staffing crisis is just the start.
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Issues at the city’s treatment plant include failing battery backups and “a faulty culture.”
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Public commenters called the proposal controversial and unclear.
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The cuts could imperil efforts to preserve historic documents and provide cultural education.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to return him. So far, the White House has refused, claiming he's in the MS-13 gang.
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What does the data tell us about how much Virginia recycles?
NPR News
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Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice says presidential emergency powers, which President Trump has used to enact major policies, are the stuff of authoritarian regimes and should be curbed.
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A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around $350 billion every year — almost four times the government's estimate for the cost of incarceration.
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The House version of the tax bill would revoke credits for EVs starting at the end of this year. If the plan survives, it would dramatically shape automaker investments and EV sales.
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Like other NATO members, the U.K. has been reassessing its defense spending since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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The stock exchange had closed during the chaotic days leading up to the ouster of former President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.
Arts & Culture
- 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?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records