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Black and Latino college graduates often struggle with higher levels of student loan debt and borrowing terms that are more predatory when compared to their white counterparts, according to a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the NAACP.  Most American students graduate with debt. Nearly 70% of graduating seniors in 2016…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan (or even if you’re not!), please forward to every friend in your contacts (yes, every single one) and tell them to subscribe here.  But First… The second Democratic primary debates have arrived. Tonight’s debate, which…

The Virginia Poverty Law Center, federal and state agencies, and Walmart have joined together to speak out against Dominion Energy’s proposal to increase the profits its shareholders can earn, the Virginia Mercury reports. Dominion has asked the State Corporation Commission to increase its permitted return on equity (ROE) from 9.2% to 10.75%, which would allow…

The Cumberland County Republican Committee passed a motion of no confidence in Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va) on Monday night over his officiation of a same-sex wedding, the Roanoke Times reports.  The Committee was chaired by Diana Shores, who tried – and failed – last week to have Riggleman censured by the 5th Congressional District Republican…

While many of his fellow Democrats opted to boycott President Trump’s appearance at the Jamestown 400th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Fairfax) took another approach: he interrupted President Trump’s speech.

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here.  But First… Two former Virginian-Pilot staffers have teamed up to launch The Virginia Center…

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) toured border patrol stations in El Paso and Clint, Texas on Friday, where he spoke to detained families who fled violence and saw conditions that he said were inhumane and overcrowded.  Kaine was accompanied by fellow U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and also visited Casa del Refugiado, a shelter run…

It’s Monday, which means we’ve got our newest edition of Dogwood Dog of the Week. This week, our friends at the Virginia Beach SPCA would like you to meet Tank. Let’s see what the VBSPCA had to say about this good ole’ boy. Meet Tank! He’s a two-year-old Pit Bull Terrier mix who is fun-loving,…

Over six hundred of Virginia’s 13,931 bridges are structurally deficient, according to a report from the American Road Transportation Builders Association. Virginia has seen a steep reduction in the number of structurally-deficient bridges since 2014, when 1,033 bridges were classified as deficient. But despite that progress, there are still more than 3.4 million daily crossings…

The Virginia Department of Health has identified three workplace cafeterias in Northern Virginia and Richmond in connection with the recent outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne intestinal illness.  There have been 39 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in Virginia since May 1, with 27 of them occurring in Northern Virginia. In contrast, the five-year average for the…