
Terry McAuliffe announces plan for post-COVID economy
Former governor Terry McAuliffe today released a plan to invest in Virginia workers and a more equitable post-COVID economy.

Former governor Terry McAuliffe today released a plan to invest in Virginia workers and a more equitable post-COVID economy.

Norfolk Councilwoman Andria McClellan hosted an hour-plus listening session with women small business owners from around the Commonwealth on Tuesday.

Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy announced on Wednesday three new endorsements from women’s rights activists in Virginia.

The Central Shenandoah Health District will be making available closed point of dispensing COVID-19 vaccination clinics specifically for Phase 1b priority groups.

The Blue Ridge Health District will expand vaccination to Phase 1b priority groups at closed point of dispensing COVID-19 vaccination clinics beginning on Monday.

The ambitious effort to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to a new priority group of people in the New River Valley is moving quickly and drumming up excitement in its wake.

The Virginia Department of Health has expanded its partnership with Walgreens to provide Abbott BinaxNOW rapid antigen testing at selected Walgreens locations across the Commonwealth.

The local health districts of the Richmond area (Chesterfield, Chickahominy, Henrico, and Richmond) are expanding their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns to include some Phase 1b frontline essential workers.

Virginia is still barely a fifth of the way toward its goal of getting COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents, but Gov. Ralph Northam is thinking ahead.

The House voted late Monday to pass a spending bill that will provide small direct payments to families, extend unemployment benefits and includes billions of dollars for COVID-19 testing and vaccine rollout.
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