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The Supreme Court of Virginia is rejecting a challenge to Virginia's new law ditching the longstanding practice of prison gerrymandering. That means the next set of maps for General Assembly and Congress will no longer include incarcerated people in the rural communities where prisons are located but instead count them at their home address or last known address.
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After weeks of debating criteria for map drawers to base their new districts on, the redistricting commission debated where to forgo instructions they gave Thursday, as they looked a the first compromise maps in the redistricting process. -
Those working to resettle thousands of people fleeing Afghanistan through Virginia are putting part of themselves into the effort.
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The race for governor may be tightening up heading into the final few weeks before Election Day.
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The Emancipation and Freedom Monument — two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant newly freed from slavery — was unveiled in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.
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When the economy crashed because of the pandemic, Congress set aside $25 billion in rent relief to help struggling families. But only 13% of that money actually made it into the hands of people who need it. Congressman Gerry Connolly is a Democrat from Fairfax County who says that's a failure of government, and something needs to be done about it.
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It’s been nearly 20 years since archeologists and tribal nations in Virginia began looking for clues to the people and cultures of Werowocomoco.It was the political center of the Powhatan chiefdom before and during the early 1600s along the York River in Gloucester.
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The Virginia Redistricting Commission discussed the first drafts of Virginia’s political districts Monday, and the maps’ relationship with race was a top focus of discussion.
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A recent survey showed more than half of Virginia’s nurses were exhausted by the COVID pandemic, and one in four had sought mental health care. This week, the Virginia Nurses Association held a news conference to beg for public support.
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You’ve probably heard about studies showing tall men tend to make more money than short guys, but a professor at the University of Virginia says there are many more physical qualities we should consider when talking about bias in the workplace. Using data from about 2,400 people, he’s hoping to identify other physical traits that may give people an advantage.
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The health district that serves the Roanoke area is reporting case and hospitalization numbers as high as last winter's surge.
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