A group of Roanoke high schoolers are spending time during their spring break to learn about labor unions.
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Local governments across Virginia may soon be about to start considering more manufactured homes as a way to increase affordable housing.
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Trump voted by mail earlier this year. He's long criticized the practice and blamed it on his loss in 2020.
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Researchers at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke recently used gene editing technology to learn more about the links between our cells and exercise.
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A new report suggests Virginia’s nonprofit hospital systems aren’t spending enough to treat the poor. But the hospital systems say they spend hundreds of millions on that care.
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Governor Abigail Spanberger is currently considering legislation that could radically change how local governments across Virginia would operate, specifically their relationships with their employees who would be able to engage in collective bargaining if she signs the bill.
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Large animal veterinarians are in drastically short supply in rural areas across Virginia. But Dr. Melinda McCall has been a community staple for more than two decades.
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It’s been 30 years since Virginia abolished parole, and since then our prison population has gotten older. That’s why, last year, the Department exceeded its budget for medical care by $23 million, prompting a hiring freeze that left many correctional centers without enough guards. Now, state lawmakers have taken a big step toward reducing the number of people behind bars.
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Bills signed by the governor as of Tuesday include efforts aiming to eliminate additional fees on health care premiums, expanding the Virginia Eviction Reduction pilot program and paving the way for easier permitting for manufactured homes.
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The Augusta Correctional Center is under contract to be sold, according to a spokesperson for the state’s Department of General Services. No additional information — including the buyer and the sale price — will be released until after the sale’s finalized.
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The statewide referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment to redraw Virginia's congressional districts is heating up on the airwaves and in mailboxes across Virginia.
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