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Virginia health care advocates join Capitol Hill rally against Republican spending cuts
Virginians joined hundreds of people to rally outside the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday to protest congressional Republicans’ plan to cut off access to health care and groceries for millions of low-income Americans.
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Spanberger says she’ll sign bill to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
The Democratic nominee for governor, former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, has pledged to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour if she is elected this fall.
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Richmond TSA workers picket to get union rights back from Trump administration
About a dozen Transportation Security Administration workers and union supporters picketed outside the Richmond International Airport on Wednesday to call on the Trump administration to reverse course on canceling their collective bargaining agreement.
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4 charged after Virginia shooting that killed 3, authorities say
Four people were charged Wednesday in connection with a shooting that killed three people and wounded three others in Virginia, authorities said.
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‘Worse than COVID’: Local Virginia leaders urge action in response to federal funding cuts
As news broke Tuesday that the US Supreme Court halted an order requiring the Trump administration to rehire fired probationary workers, a Virginia House of Delegates emergency committee met in Alexandria with researchers and local officials from Northern Virginia in search of solutions to the economic crisis unfolding across the region.
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Spanberger, Earle-Sears officially declared nominees for Virginia governor’s race
Former Democratic congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and the current Lieutenant Governor, Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, are the official nominees to become Virginia’s 75th governor.
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Virginia repro clinics face uncertainty as Trump administration halts federal health funding
Without Title X federal support, repro clinics in Richmond, Hampton, and other cities may be forced to scale back essential care for low-income patients.
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Ex-State Sen. Amanda Chase says she’s eligible to challenge Earle-Sears in a primary
Regardless of whether Chase makes the primary ballot, it appears Virginia is on track to elect a woman governor for the first time.
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Amid growing threats to repro rights in Virginia, a local clinic is still trying to expand access
Gov. Youngkin’s recent changes to the Virginia Right to Contraception Act and the Contraceptive Equity Act will leave Virginians with fewer contraception and other reproductive health care options.
