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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has approved a $200,000 contribution to the Business Recovery Fund, a microloan program that provides financial relief to small businesses impacted by COVID-19.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are urging USDA approval of Virginia’s request to participate in the agency’s SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Program.
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Great news! Virginia general-fund tax revenues for March 2020 were up 10.8 percent from March 2019, and as of March 31, fiscal year-to-date collections were up 6.6 percent from a year ago. Oh, right. Those numbers from the pre-COVID-19 world are just taunting us in the here and now.
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Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing a four-month delay in a proposed increase in the minimum wage in Virginia.
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Congress and President Trump are committing $2.2 trillion in money that we don’t have to try to prop up the economy during the COVID-19 shutdown. It’s a necessary evil.
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Gov. Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Values Act, making Virginia the first state in the South to enact comprehensive protections for the LGBTQ community against discrimination in housing, employment, public spaces, and credit applications.
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In 1996 when I began serving as the Pastures Supervisor the Real Property Tax Rate was $.58 per $100 of value. When I left office in 2018 the rate was still $.58.
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A group of Democratic leaders is raising questions about reports that the White House has assembled technology and health care firms to establish a far-reaching national coronavirus surveillance system.
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Donald Trump failed miserably to rise to the occasion precipitated by the unfortunate advent and spread of the coronavirus.
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Virginia Tech President Tim Sands shared updates and answered questions from the Hokie community virtually on Thursday during his first town hall to discuss COVID-19.
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