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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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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.
VDOT seeks public input on Shenandoah Valley Rail with Trail Assessment
VDOT has been working since 2020 to try to figure out what to do with the dormant Norfolk Southern-owned rail corridor between Broadway and Front Royal.
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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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Preview: UVA Baseball heads to Notre Dame for ACC weekend series
It’ll be mid-April soon. Time for the UVA Baseball team to decide what it’s going to be this season.
Why Tim Sands is stepping down at Virginia Tech: It’s not politics, it’s football
Something is going on down at Virginia Tech, where the school’s president, Tim Sands, announced to Hokie Nation on Thursday, in a shock move, that he will be stepping down in the coming months.
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