Task force sets goal: Quality child care for all by 2030
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The disruption from the response to COVID-19 has brought the impact of our lack of adequate commitment to child care to the forefront.
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Charlottesville Sister Cities Commission now accepting grant applications
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The Charlottesville Sister Cities Commission is now accepting grant applications for projects. The commission invites Charlottesville nonprofits, arts organizations, schools, businesses, and individuals to apply for project funding up to $4,000.
Virginia unemployment rate back below 5 percent: Less than half of spring high mark
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Virginia’s unemployment rate, which reached a high of 10.6 percent back in April, is back to less than half that, falling to 4.9 percent in November.
UVA’s Ethan Weatherspoon named recipient of ACC, CFP Foundation scholarship
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Redshirt freshman UVA wrestler Ethan Weatherspoon is one of 15 ACC student-athletes who will receive a $2,500 scholarship to pursue a career in education through the conference’s Go Teach Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway.
Street Knowledge: COVID, suspicious death, Christmas Star, UVA-Virginia Tech sports
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AFP Digital Editor Crystal Abbe Graham quizzes Editor Chris Graham on the news of the week.
Fingerprinting among new requirements for insurance agents in Virginia effective Jan. 1
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Beginning Jan. 1, fingerprinting will be among the requirements for individuals living in Virginia who are interested in becoming licensed insurance agents in the Commonwealth.
10 major finance issues when having a baby
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Having a baby is the biggest blessing. Nonetheless, it comes with numerous responsibilities, including financial.
VCU study: Public feels iffy on first iteration of COVID-19 vaccine
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A new study led by a VCU professor had 59.9 percent of respondents definitely or probably planning to receive a future COVID-19 vaccine, but the vaccine approved under the FDA emergency use authorization had a majority thinking the other way.
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.
The basics of effective essay writing
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Essays have been an effective tool in expressing one’s ideas especially in the educational system. Right from our school days as we progressed, we were always asked to write one form of essay or the other.
