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Minimum wage increase bill signed into law: Still not a living wage for most
My mother took a job making the minimum wage in 1985, $3.35 an hour – 2026 value: $10.17 an hour – and that was what she had to raise two kids on, because my father didn’t pay the court-ordered child support, because he was an ass.
Melania Trump denies ties to Epstein: The bigger question – why?
Why did Team Trump trot out First Lady Melania Trump in front of the press on Thursday to get us talking again about the Epstein files?
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House Speaker Mike Johnson headlining anti-referendum rally in Bridgewater
House Speaker Mike Johnson is headlining a Virginians for Fair Maps rally on grounds at Dynamic Aviation in Bridgewater on Saturday.
Mark Historic Garden Week with tours of Staunton, Augusta County
The Augusta Garden Club is hosting a local event in conjunction with Historic Garden Week, with tours set for Saturday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. beginning at John Moxie Memorial Stadium in Staunton.
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TNA brass pulls plug on Nic Nemeth-MJF indy match, citing ‘partner conflicts’
TNA President Carlos Silva, obviously getting marching orders from big brother WWE, has forced Nic Nemeth, the former Dolph Ziggler, out of a May 1 indy match with AEW champ MJF, citing “partner conflicts.”
Confirmed: Malcolm Brogdon just has a ‘fancy job title’ with UVA Basketball
My characterization of UVA Athletics giving alum Malcolm Brogdon a “fancy job title” with last week’s announcement that Brogdon is now a “strategic advisor” to UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom was prescient.
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Jesse Matthew, convicted in Harrington, Graham murder cases, transferred to new prison
WTVR-TV6 in Richmond is reporting that Jesse Matthew, serving a life sentence in the murders of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and UVA student Hannah Graham in Charlottesville from more than a decade ago, has been transferred from the supermax prison at Red Onion to Keen Mountain Correctional Center, a max-security prison in Oakwood. Among...
Trump in Charlottesville, to try to cock block congressional redistricting
Donald Trump will be in Charlottesville later today for a closed-door fundraiser, which brings up the question – what does this supposed billionaire who can’t run for political office anymore need to raise funds for?
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