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Maggie Clemmons is on leave amid review of workplace culture and harassment allegations.
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Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins' ouster follows pushback on DEI by some conservative alumni.
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Who’s Dillon, and why does the commonwealth follow his rule?
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The board initially sought a $43.7M hike over the previous year.
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Virginia is the only state that requires lawmakers to approve individual payments.
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The plaque gives context to the sale of enslaved people in the Charlottesville area.
NPR News
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Since taking the helm more than 100 days ago, Patel has yet to shutter the FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum as he once said he would, but he has begun trying to remake the bureau.
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The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages. Economists warn that could make for less accurate cost-of-living measures.
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U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.
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The majority opinion in each case was written by one of the court's liberals, proving that liberals too can rule for religion, for gun manufacturers, and for a woman claiming she was discriminated against on the job for being straight.
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The Court dismissed Mexico's claim that U.S. gun manufacturers aided and abetted the pipeline of weapons from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels.
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