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A potential railroad strike would cancel all passenger rail service in the Commonwealth because Amtrak runs its trains over freight lines in Virginia. This comes on the heels of historic ridership numbers— this summer saw the highest number of people ever to ride trains in Virginia since Amtrak began service in 1971. The route from Roanoke to D.C. for example more than doubled their number of riders compared to last year.
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Aston Donald McEachin served four terms in the House of Delegates, two terms in the state Senate and three terms in Congress. He was just elected to what would’ve been his fourth term in Congress. Now, people across Virginia are remembering a man who was a lawyer, but also had a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Union University. -
Three candidates for police chief answered questions for two hours last night at a community forum in Charlottesville. Sandy Hausman listened-in and filed this report.
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Food banks often get added attention around holidays. And they, like all of us, are dealing with the impact of inflation.Roben Farzad, host of the Full Disclosure podcast, and Weekend Edition host Craig Wright have more on that.
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The latest mass shootings in Virginia are prompting yet another round of soul searching. And they’ve renewed calls for action.
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Representative Donald McEachin had been dealing with the effects of a 2013 battle with colorectal cancer.
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If you have trouble sleeping at night, keep a copy of the courses offered by law schools by your bed. Civil procedure, contracts and torts, patents and trademarks could be the ticket to dreamland. But at the University of Virginia, one class is guaranteed to hold students’ attention.
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Congressman Bobby Scott is not just the senior member of the Virginia congressional delegation. He's also the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, which was able to score some major victories under his leadership.
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Two of Virginia's indigenous tribes are working to reacquire and preserve more than a thousand acres of their ancestral lands with the help of grant money from the state. And, one of the few U.S. school systems with an ombudsman's office says community complaints were up in the most recent school year.Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project's Va. news link.
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Museums for All is a nationwide initiative to get more people in more museums. Earlier this fall, several Richmond-area institutions decided together to participate, including Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, the Children’s Museum and the Science Museum of Virginia.
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There’s an old adage that in Virginia, you’re never more than a few months away from the next election.Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope have more on the upcoming primary season that’s been shaken up by redistricting.
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