Government shutdown | National Parks would likely close, furlough 68 percent of staff
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If National Park employees are furloughed due to a government shutdown, keeping sites open would be “reckless,” experts say.
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Election 2026: Shannon Taylor launches campaign for First District seat
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Shannon Taylor, on the heels of a narrow loss in the 2025 Democratic attorney general primary, announced on Monday that she is running for the First District seat in Congress in Virginia.
Getting to know: Jena Crisler | Democrat running to give voters an alternative in the 35th
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Jena Crisler is facing the clear uphill battle in her first run for public office with boundless enthusiasm, which, if you watch or listen to the interview that I conducted with her last week, you will see is her default mode.
Big Ugly Bill could push Virginia health-insurance costs up 20 percent in 2026
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The 10 insurers planning to participate in the Virginia health-insurance marketplace are proposing increases of 20 percent or higher in 2026, which U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, D-Va., say was “entirely avoidable.”
Kaine, Warner got their man: MAGA Todd Gilbert sworn in to U.S. Attorney job
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Former Virginia House of Delegates Minority Leader Todd Gilbert was sworn as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia.
Lawmakers introduce bill to consider childbirth, maternity costs as essential health benefits
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The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would require private health insurance companies to fully cover the costs of childbirth.
CBO report: House budget knocks 16 million off health insurance rolls
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A new Congressional Budget Office report tells us that the Big, Beautiful Bill passed by the U.S. House last month would push 16 million Americans off the health insurance rolls.
‘Attack on public health’: HHS staff cuts will hurt Americans ‘every single day’
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The end of March in the United States brought more staff cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency at the HHS.
Harrisonburg mayor: I wouldn’t have health insurance without the ACA
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You wouldn’t think the long-time mayor of a mid-size city would have trouble finding health insurance, but that was the situation that Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed found herself in.
Petition gathers 44K signatures to request Congress stop NIH funding cuts
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MoveOn has gathered more than 42,000 signatures on a petition to stop President Donald Trump and Elon Musk from cutting NIH funding.
