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Virginia Is Among The Last States To Distribute $300 Unemployment Supplement Authorized By Trump
State employment officials say they began distributing a fresh round of supplemental unemployment benefits Thursday.
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Political Fight Over Redistricting Delays Eviction, Utility Cutoff Protections In Budget
Cecelia Woodard gave a nervous glance down the road every time she heard a car approach.
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Our Bitter Polarization Won’t End With The Election
By Michael Murphy and Steve Richardson
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As Turnout Surges, Virginia Has Largely Been Spared The Electoral Shenanigans … So Far
Virginians obviously didn’t get the memo from pundits that we’re not a swing state in the 2020 presidential election.
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Attendance Is Falling At COVID-19 Testing Events -- Some Officials Say Fear Of Missing A Paycheck Is Partly To Blame
In May, 536 registered for one of Richmond-Henrico Health District’s COVID-19 testing events. Recently, such an event attracted only 48.
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Virginia Prepares For An Unprecedented Vaccination Campaign; Here’s The State’s Plan
Between PPE, public outreach, and vaccination research and plans, $76 million is sought for mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Virginia.
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Landlords Ask Supreme Court Of Virginia To Make Eviction Proceedings Easier
The group would like to move eviction lawsuits through the court system at a faster pace.
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Looming Deadline For CARES Act Money Sparks Debate Between Northam And General Assembly
How Virginia spends remaining coronavirus relief funds provided through the federal CARES Act has become a point of contention.
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From Infants To Centenarians: New Hospital Data Sheds More Light On Serious COVID-19 Cases In Virginia
From January to June, Virginia’s oldest hospitalized COVID-19 patient was 103 years old; but also, 46 patients were under age 5.
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Virginia Democrats’ Redistricting Fight Spills Into Special Session Budget Talks
Last week, Virginia Senate Minority Leader Tommy Norment, R-James City, stood to try to extract a promise from Democratic leaders.
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Trump’s Decade-Old Audit Illustrates Why The IRS Targets The Working Poor As Much As The Rich
Trump, who this week received medical care worth over $100,000, and boasted about it, sources said, paid $750 in taxes in 2019.
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List Maintenance Or Voter Purges? How The Practice Of Maintaining Voter Lists Became So Polarized.
In the last decade, millions of registered voters across the country have been removed from voter rolls.
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Virginia Lawmakers Vote To Limit Use Of Chokeholds By Police, But Reject Outright Ban
The General Assembly sent a bill establishing rules for how police officers use chokeholds to Gov. Ralph Northam’s desk Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Ruling On Voting Rights Act Opened Floodgates For New Restrictions
Republican legislators in North Carolina had been contemplating legislation that would require photo identification to vote.
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Years Of Understaffing Have Taken A Toll On How Virginia Oversees Struggling Local School Divisions
Staffing at the Virginia Department of Education is significantly lower than surrounding states in several key offices; it's taking a toll.
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The Myth Of Widespread Voter Fraud Persists, Despite A Constant Failure To Prove Claims
Trump, Heritage Foundation use myth of "voter fraud" to create laws to make it difficult for the disenfranchised to vote.
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Pro-Gun Localities Accounted For Nearly Half Of Virginia’s Red Flag Orders In Law’s First Months
Most who had "substantial risk orders" filed against them were from conservative-leaning Virginia communities, the report indicates.
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Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bill Limiting Pretextual Traffic Stops, Barring Searches Based On Smell Of Marijuana
Legislation banning police from searches based on smelling marijuana and making stops for minor infractions cleared the General Assembly.
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How To Make Your Vote Count In Virginia
Voting in Virginia was already changing even before COVID-19 arrived.
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‘I Just Don’t Trust The System Any More’: Voters On Edge As Election Nears
Widespread anxiety and confusion abounds around voting, compounded by the pandemic that has spread to millions of Americans.