The city estimates the tax would generate roughly $400K in its first year.
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If the former West Virginia governor's companies don't pay by May 1, they will be held in contempt.
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A UVA analysis says cutting 10% of federal jobs would wipe out the state's projected 2025 job growth.
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County officials tout the financial benefits of the controversial centers.
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The department distributes billions in federal money and plays a key role in regulating student services.
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The remains of hundreds of tenant farmers are being moved from the former Oak Hill tobacco plantation.
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The county says developers have missed required payments and failed to meet an agreed-upon timeline.
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The visit comes as relations between the U.S. and South Africa are at their lowest since the end of apartheid. Trump has repeatedly claimed that "terrible things are happening" in South Africa.
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The Supreme Court will hear historic arguments over birthright citizenship today. And, House Republicans are working to advance Trump's "big beautiful bill," but there is division over policies.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm on the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts he says were suggested by Elon Musk and his DOGE team.
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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says President Trump "made a very good move" in meeting with Syria's interim president and announcing he would lift sanctions on Israel's neighbor.
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The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.
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- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
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