Major Disaster Declaration to provide winter storm flood relief for Southwest Virginia
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More than six weeks after lawmakers wrote to President Donald Trump, Southwest Virginia has received a formal Major Disaster Declaration.
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Mental health professionals in demand; concern majority ‘graying out’ of workforce
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A bipartisan bill was introduced Tuesday in an effort to provide a “lifeline” to meet a workforce shortage in the mental health field.
Trumpers now trying to gut Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
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I’m not sure why I’m actually surprised to read that the Trump/Musk folks are now planning to limit eligibility for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Staunton rally sends message to leaders in DC: Not going to take it anymore
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I had just made it to the Hands Off! rally to protest the Trump/Musk administration being held in Downtown Staunton on Saturday when a young man in a jacked-up pick-up truck stopped in front of the rally crowd.
Virginia lawmakers push back at Trump USDA over $500M in food bank cuts
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A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers is pushing back against the Trump USDA’s move to cancel $500 million in funding for food banks.
Trump tariffs wipe out one year of economic recovery in two days
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Back on April 4, 2024, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 38,596.98; a year later, today, it closed at 38,314.86.
Trump, finally, approves disaster declaration for Southwest Virginia
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It only took Donald Trump six weeks to approve a disaster declaration for the early February flooding in Southwest Virginia. To be fair, he plays a lot of golf.
Republicans continue attack on CFPB; latest effort may raise bank overdraft fees
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Virginia Organizing is asking members of Congress to support working families over big banks by keeping bank overdraft fees capped at $5.
RFK Jr. gutting HHS even more, replacing healthcare with ‘wholesome food, clean water’
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., under the guise of Making America Healthy Again, is operating under the assumption that cutting HHS to the bone is the important thing there.
Battle lines formed among Virginia delegation over Signalgate
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Our two local Republican congressmen, Ben Cline and John McGuire, have gone radio silent on Signalgate, though Cline did at least publicly acknowledge that there was a House Intelligence Committee meeting on the schedule for Wednesday.
