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Gov. Ralph Northam this week dedicated newly-renovated state buildings on Capitol Square and celebrated the completion of the 9th Street sidewalk enhancements and new North Drive entrance to Capitol Square.
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Two leaders with ties to the state’s largest agricultural advocacy group have been appointed to top-level agriculture positions by Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin.
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Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Friday the nomination of Kay Coles James to serve as the next Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments on Friday.
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The Piedmont area of Virginia has seen the temperature rise at a rate of 0.53 degrees F per decade. Even if that doesn’t speed up, Virginia will be as hot as South Carolina by 2050 and as northern Florida by 2100.
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Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has chosen Craig Crenshaw as the next Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs of Virginia and Dan Gade as the commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services.
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The State Corporation Commission has applied for a federal waiver to establish the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program.
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The richest 10 percent of humanity was responsible for 52 percent of global emissions between 1990 and 2015, according to a 2020 Oxfam report.
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The Commonwealth is launching a new statewide Mortgage Relief Program to help people stay in their homes and help ease mortgage delinquencies, defaults and foreclosures due to the pandemic.
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Between the riots, lockdowns, political theater, and COVID-19 mandates, 2021 was one for the history books.
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