
Smithfield Foods donation to support homeless veterans
Smithfield Foods has donated $100,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia to support programs for homeless veterans and their families.

Smithfield Foods has donated $100,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia to support programs for homeless veterans and their families.

Virginia has joined a bipartisan 43-state multistate coalition reaching a $39.5 million settlement with Anthem over its massive 2014 data breach that involved the personal information of 78.8 million Americans.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) is urging leadership in both parties to come to an agreement on COVID-19 relief after announcing her opposition to the Heroes Act 2.0 package.

Riverside Health System and VCU Health System finalized the purchase agreement for VCU Health System to acquire Riverside’s hospital and physician practices in the Northern Neck and upper Middle Peninsula regio.

Gov. Ralph Northam is pushing a plan to use Dominion Energy’s overearnings to go toward utility relief for Virginia residents affected by the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced more than $1.7 million in Community Development Block Grants for three COVID-19 relief projects in James City and York counties and the city of Williamsburg.

Last year at this time, our priorities for local governments were completely different from what they are now. 2020 has been a whirlwind of lifestyle changes and awakenings that have forced each of us far out of our comfort zones.

A new partnership with Virginia-based Medical Facilities of America will allow more students to participate in popular nursing programs at Virginia’s Community Colleges.

Kosovo became the youngest country in Europe when it declared independence in 2008.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) participated in a virtual Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday on the COVID-19 economic response with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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