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Judge orders Gloucester School Board to release audio of improper closed session

By Graham Moomaw - June 8, 2023

Virginia air board approves withdrawal from regional carbon market

By Charlie Paullin - June 7, 2023

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Richmond’s post-graduation mass shooting reflects America’s gun violence epidemic

By Samantha Willis - June 7, 2023

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A mass shooting in Richmond after graduation ceremony and more Va. headlines

BY Staff Report - June 7, 2023

Questions swirl at ABC over store thefts and high-ranking officials being put on leave

BY Meghan McIntyre, Graham Moomaw and Sarah Vogelsong - June 7, 2023

Bribery conviction upheld for Va. man who offered town $500 to back gaming machines

BY Graham Moomaw - June 7, 2023

Latest Bay report card: Middling health but signs of progress

BY Josh Kurtz - June 7, 2023

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Youngkin calls on legislature to finish budget negotiations and more Va. headlines

BY Staff Report - June 6, 2023

Virginia wetlands protections remain robust despite Supreme Court ruling, say enviro groups

BY Charlie Paullin - June 6, 2023

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How to give incarcerated people a fighting chance against opioids

BY Guest Column - June 8, 2023

Proposed federal housing law could reinforce protections for veterans, voucher holders

BY Wyatt Gordon - June 7, 2023

Black men’s lower life expectancy a factor in starting Social Security

BY Roger Chesley - June 5, 2023

Tax reform might just save the American dream in Charlottesville

BY Guest Column - June 1, 2023

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VMI’s chief diversity officer quits and more Virginia headlines

BY Staff Report - June 5, 2023

Hopewell’s ‘five-alarm fire’ financial situation and more Va. headlines

BY Staff Report - June 2, 2023

Cigna, Chesapeake hospital to extend contract expiration to June 30

BY Sarah Vogelsong - June 2, 2023

Virginia Press Association investigating VMI student paper award and more headlines

BY Staff Report - June 1, 2023

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Workers at federal health care call centers strike in Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana

By Mitch Perry - June 6, 2023

How Virginia is spending new state funding to prevent gun violence

By Graham Moomaw - June 5, 2023

After Buckingham, more Virginia registrars find themselves on chopping block

By Graham Moomaw - June 5, 2023

Half a million people in less than a dozen states have lost Medicaid coverage since April

By Casey Quinlan - June 5, 2023

Mountain Valley Pipeline approvals OKed as part of debt ceiling deal

By Charlie Paullin - June 2, 2023

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