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Virginia News
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Lack of operating standards ‘most concerning part’ of initial review
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Providers say new funding necessary to keep up with need
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An earlier review called conditions at the water treatment facility "severe."
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City says the existing bridge could close in 2035 without funding.
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The General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn sine die on Feb. 22.
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Accessing services critical as policy changes exacerbate stressors, care provider says.
NPR News
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Planned U.S. visa restrictions are causing students around the world to consider going to the United Kingdom instead.
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Some youth in Maryland spend more than a year in adult jails before seeing their day in court. Without a fix, the state may lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding every year.
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The suspended lawmakers from the Māori Party performed the haka, a dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.
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More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction.
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The White House said the action was needed to protect the United States from terrorist attacks and other national security threats, and said the countries lacked screening and vetting capabilities.
Arts & Culture
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- 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?