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Communities in the state of Maryland send more trash to Virginia landfills than any other state, and one large county may soon be adding to the flow of garbage – sending 600,000 tons of waste each year to (counties). People who live near the county’s incinerator like that idea, but opposition is growing as environmentalists make the case for keeping and burning local waste.Sandy Hausman has that story.
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Virginia's population center, which was near Richmond in 1960, has been moving steadily north ever since. Projections from the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia show that trend continuing, though at a slightly slower pace.Dwayne Yancey with Cardinal News says it's one more element in a continuing trend in the Commonwealth. He talked about it with Fred Echols. -
Members of the General Assembly are about to start balancing the books for a new budget. They may consider a proposal that could bring more cash flow to localities across the state. -
Whenever there‘s a mass shooting in this country, the question is why. Often the answer is complicated. That’s certainly the case in Charlottesville where a UVA student killed three members of the football team and wounded two others. Craig Wright spoke with reporter Sandy Hausman who covered the trial of Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. for RadioIQ. -
A judge in Charlottesville has handed down five life sentences to Chris Jones – the man who admits to killing three members of the UVA football team and wounding two other students as they returned from a field trip. Sandy Hausman was in the courtroom and filed this report. -
Spanberger, Democratic leadership set to inherit drastically different budget thanks to federal cutsDemocratic Majority Leader Scott Surovell and his compatriots were holed up at Radford University through Friday. -
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Labor politics might end up being a flashpoint in the upcoming General Assembly session.
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