
Earth Talk: Environmental impacts of Ukraine war
Russia’s military activities threaten Ukraine’s environment through air, water and soil pollution.

Russia’s military activities threaten Ukraine’s environment through air, water and soil pollution.

Rep. Don Beyer, author of the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act, is applauding Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland’s announcement this week of new federal actions to advance the department’s work on wildlife corridors.

A wide coalition of Virginia-based and national organizations is backing U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s bill to combat skyrocketing rates of substance use disorder and addiction.

The House Administration Committee held a hearing on Thursday on “Examining Stock Trading Reforms For Congress.”

Norfolk Southern Corporation has donated the complete collection of historical documents and archives from predecessor company Norfolk and Western Railway to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed HB 957, patroned by Del. Kathy Tran and passed unanimously by the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia, into law on Gold Star Spouses Day.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) have introduced bipartisan legislation to help address the current truck driver shortage in the United States by establishing a refundable income tax credit for qualified commercial truck drivers.

In California, some 48,000 grocery workers in 540 stores stretching from central California to the Mexican border authorized a strike on March 27 against two major chains, Kroger and Albertsons.

Spring is here, and with it come holidays perfect for a favorite protein: eggs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 431,000 in March and that the unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent.
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