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Boil advisories and budget battles: Water crisis looms over start of 2025 legislative session
When Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears found herself boiling water in her Richmond apartment after Monday’s powerful winter storm ...
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Richmond water boil advisory ‘unlikely’ to lift before Friday
Richmond residents have either had no water or low water pressure since a winter storm caused a power outage that disrupted ...
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Rally continues call for investigation into Red Onion State prison, presses for prison reforms
Roughly two months after Virginia’s Department of Corrections confirmed that six inmates at Red Onion State Prison had burned ...
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Boil water advisory in effect in Henrico ‘until further notice’
Henrico County issued a boil water advisory Wednesday afternoon, on the third day of a regional water emergency triggered by ...
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Bipartisan lawmakers introduce Save Local Pharmacies Act
The proposal would realign Virginia’s Medicaid pharmacy benefit under a single state-contracted pharmacy benefits manager.
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Virginia to receive $46 million in federal funds for Helene relief efforts
Federal lawmakers announced Tuesday that Virginia is receiving over $46 million to support the commonwealth’s Hurricane ...
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Feds approve amendments to Virginia’s K-12 accountability and support plan
After awaiting a months-long review by the federal government, the Virginia Department of Education announced on Monday that ...
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U.S. House GOP kicks off new session with border security push
The U.S. House passed its first bill of the 119th Congress Tuesday, a measure that increases migrant detention and is named ...