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Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all the Virginia news that’s been happening coming right up. But First… There are only four episodes left of Game of Thrones. If the show’s penchant for killing off key characters is any indication, last night’s emotion-packed hour is likely to serve…

The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board on Friday approved a significant climate plan to slash carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants by 3% each year over the next decade. The plan also allows power plants to join nine other states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-invest program that has reduced power plant…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all the Virginia news that’s been happening coming right up. BUT FIRST… Much of the Commonwealth is being hit by severe weather today, so we hope everyone is taking the proper precautions and staying indoors. If you’re looking for something to pass…

If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, odds are you’ve seen this little Schoolhouse Rock ditty about how a bill becomes a law. But one thing the artists behind the song didn’t account for was the role of special interest groups, and if a recent USA Today investigation is any indication, these groups…

Black women in Virginia die during or near childbirth more than three times as often as women from any other race. In recent years, this staggering discrepancy prompted health systems to create programs to get mothers to doctors sooner, sign them up for federal benefits and improve their social circumstances. Virginia legislators also set aside…

Republicans in southwestern Virginia are headed for an intra-party fight, as Ken Heath, a director of community and economic development in Marion, announced he would run as an independent and challenge the Republican nominee in the race to replace retiring state Sen. Bill Carrico (R-40). Heath said he decided to run as an independent because…

Women couldn’t bare their shoulders in the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lobby until 2017. They didn’t have their own bathroom off the House floor until 2011 or a lactation room in the House until 2007. These staggering facts make the 2018 election all the more historic. The 2018 midterms nearly doubled the number of working…

Equality Virginia, an LGBTQ advocacy group, raised $250,000 at its 16th annual Commonwealth Dinner in Richmond on Saturday night. Del. Danica Roem (D-13), the first openly transgender in the state’s legislature, attended the event, as did U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va) and 28 other lawmakers. Roem spoke out against President Trump’s transgender military ban and…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all the Virginia news that’s been happening coming right up. But First… If you’re among the 246,000 Virginia residents who will have your driving privileges restored on July 1 as part of the state’s new budget, the only thing you need to…

The Department of Justice finally released the 448-page Mueller Report on Thursday morning and arguably raised more questions than answers. The report found “insufficient evidence” to establish President Trump or his campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Russia during the 2016 election, though the Special Counsel did identify several contacts between the campaign and…