Virginia unemployment rate increases to 3.2 percent in latest data
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Virginia’s unemployment rate increased to 3.2 percent in January 2023, but the labor participation rate also rose to 65.4 percent.
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U.S. House narrowly passes controversial parental rights school legislation
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The House of Representatives voted 213-208 to pass a controversial measure supposedly aimed at increasing parental rights in K-12 classrooms, but really amounts to not much more than politics.
Bread & circus politics are intended to distract us: Don’t be distracted
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It is easy to be distracted right now by the bread and circus politics that have dominated the news headlines lately, but don’t be distracted.
University of Mary Washington receives $30m gift toward undergraduate research in STEM
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A $30 million alumna gift will support undergraduate research in STEM subjects at the University of Mary Washington.
Virginia in top 10 of states where taxpayers get best return on investment
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WalletHub’s report on the states with the Best & Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment in 2023 reveals states that use taxes wisely.
Blue Ridge Poison Center: Use of THC edibles, opioids, continue upward trend
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Call data from all U.S. poison centers is uploaded to a national database to help identify substance abuse and poisoning trends.
‘The doors will open and the children will come’: Staunton WRE to hold registration event
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Parents are encouraged to attend a meet-and-greet event at St. Paul’s Church on March 21, at 7 p.m. to register their children.
Virginia teacher receives national honor for combining math, farming
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A teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Rocky Mount is being honored with the 2023 National Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award.
Will the media’s complicity in the Iraq invasion be flushed down the memory hole?
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As mainstream U.S. media outlets pause to remember the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s clear that there’s a lot they hope we’ll forget, first and foremost, the media’s own active complicity in whipping up public support for the war.
How are wild tiger populations faring today around the world? Answer: Not well
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Wild tigers have been roaming the planet for upwards of a million years—about 600,000 years longer than humans.
