Senators encourage Biden administration to protect TPS holders
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Temporary Protected Status for 58,000 people in Virginia and Maryland is in jeopardy due to efforts by the Trump administration to terminate the program.
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MacKenzie Scott commits record donation to seven 1890 universities
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Seven 1890 land-grant universities are among the more than 300 non-profit entities that writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott selected to receive contributions from the multi-billion total she donated this year.
Ken Plum: A Green New Deal
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In accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a “new deal” for the “forgotten man.”
Congress, still unable to come together on COVID-19 relief, kicks can down the road
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The House, in the middle of a pandemic, on the cusp of the holidays, has had to pass another stopgap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown.
State commission selects Barbara Rose Johns to represent Virginia in U.S. Capitol display
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A state commission voted Wednesday to replace Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in a U.S. Capitol display with civil-rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, who as a teen led a walkout at her all-Black high school in Farmville that paved the way for school desegregation.
eHealth Technologies to create 160 new jobs in Scott County
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eHealth Technologies Inc. will invest $375,000 to establish a new customer support center in Scott County, an initiative that will create 160 new jobs.
Climate literacy: The key to solving the climate crisis, building green jobs and sustainable economies
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In the decades since the launch of the global environmental movement after the first Earth Day, more than 3 billion young people have graduated from high school having learned little or nothing about climate change.
Online dating: A method to fix modern society problems
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Socializing via dating sites is a fairly recent phenomenon. However, some people consider online dating inferior to the good old meetups in real life.
Virginia to cast electoral votes on Monday: And you can watch!
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The electors for president and vice president of the United States of America for the Commonwealth of Virginia will convene on Monday to vote for president and vice president.
House passes defense spending bill: Setting up veto fight with Trump
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The House voted 335-78 on Monday – note: a veto-proof majority – to pass a sweeping defense bill that includes pay raises for America’s soldiers, modernizations for equipment and provisions to require more scrutiny before troops are withdrawn from Germany or Afghanistan.
