Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
Spotlight on VPM Original Content
Virginia News
NPR News
Virginia News
-
The funding is still contingent on General Assembly approval.
-
The phrase, reportedly coined in Richmond to persuade Virginia colonists to prepare for war, has been used by protesters across the world.
-
The $11.4B federal ‘claw back’ has led to layoffs and public health cuts nationwide.
-
The spending plan includes a $426M water treatment plant that could be online by 2033.
-
The governor removed a barrier to local betting parlors despite bipartisan support.
-
The governor axed another Democrat-led effort to create a legal retail market.
NPR News
-
Following three attacks against Jewish people in less than two months, an extremism expert tells NPR the U.S. is in a "perilous" time as self-radicalized attackers are harder for law enforcement to track.
-
There is a list of other possible name changes of ships named after prominent women and civil rights leaders, a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR.
-
The federal government told states to turn over names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data about food assistance recipients. Amid a legal challenge, the agency says the request is on hold.
-
Members of the Trump administration mingled with far-right leaders from around the world at two Conservative Political Action conferences in Europe last week.
-
A genealogist has discovered that Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, where Black Catholics are now celebrating "Pope Leo of the 7th Ward."
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