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People across Virginia are expressing shock and grief over a murder-suicide in Northern Virginia early Thursday morning. Police say former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, and then killed himself.
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With Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means. -
Cuts to the Army Corps of Engineers budget and staff are forcing rural communities to pay for shallow channel dredging they can’t afford, leaving some waterways dangerous to navigate. -
With one week to go in the statewide redistricting referendum, campaign cash is flooding the airwaves and mailboxes. -
“Governor Spanberger ran on reducing gun crimes; she has delivered on that promise," according to Emma Brown with the gun violence prevention group GIFFORDS. -
A recent report issued by Virginia’s Auditor of Public Accounts assessed, among other things, controls over state agencies’ compliance in administering federal grant money and financial reporting. -
Virginia is home to some of the oldest canneries in the nation, but some are in disrepair. Wythe County is giving its cannery an upgrade. -
Since the early 1970’s, there have been dozens of constitutional amendments put before Virginia voters. All but seven have passed.
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Ever since the dark days of Jim Crow, farm owners in Virginia have been able to skirt the minimum wage law and offer their workers lower pay. Now, Governor Abigail Spanberger is signing legislation to put an end to an exclusion that dates back to the 1930s. -
A recent survey along the Blue Ridge Parkway found that increasing light from cities and towns is seriously compromising night views of the heavens even in rural areas.
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