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Fifteen years ago this Wednesday, the federal minimum wage went up from $6.55 per hour to $7.25. It hasn't budged since.
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Crixell Matthews/The program is designed for renters or people with lots of tree cover and no rooftop panels. -
Photo by Katherine Hafner/176 turbines will sit off the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.
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<i>Janice Chang for NPR</i>/Janice Chang for NPRThe Biden administration's student loan relief program is set to reduce payments for many.
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Ryan Murphy/The collective, YIMBY Hampton Roads, aims to address the region’s housing shortage.
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Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images/Archive PhotosCFPB proposed new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted.
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Patrick Larsen/VPM NewsAnalyst says Virginia localities are already in compliance with the requirements.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsSeparate town and county processes will take place this summer.
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The lawsuit, which claims the project impacts endangered whales, will continue.
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Courtesy/Dominion EnergyBattery storage is expected to double on the United States electric grid in 2024.
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Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCredit card delinquencies rose in the first three months of the year. That's a sign of the growing financial stress that some families are feeling in an era of rising prices and high interest rates.
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Consumer advocates still have cost concerns, though. -
It’s one of the southernmost points in the U.S. for maple syrup production.
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Dominion Energy says the plant is necessary to respond to higher electrical demand.
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Senators voted 75-22 on Friday to approve the package of six spending bills that will last until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
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Applications would open Sept. 1 for cultivating, testing, processing and selling weed ahead of the 2025 legal market.
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It’s part of a larger vision to produce net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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New inflation data shows consumer prices continue to cool, with price increases on “core” goods excluding food and fuel sinking below 4% for the first time in more than two and a half years.
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Mike Urban, Virginia Housing’s director of homeownership, said the change is partially a response to market conditions.
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Multiple whale deaths along the East Coast this year has spurred an ongoing dispute.
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Local officials celebrated the latest recreation redevelopment at its official opening Monday.
