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Warner backs resolution declaring local news essential to democracy
The printing press at The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Virginia. (Sarah Vogelsong) Amid dire shortages of local news outlets nationwide, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, is backing a resolution...
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TikTok trend spurs record-breaking numbers of Virginians to cash out...
(junce / Getty Images)A TikTok trend of people cashing out unclaimed property held by state governments is helping break records in Virginia’s Treasury Department and fill the pockets of Virginians...
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Louisa County man trafficked $13,000 worth of turtles on Facebook Marketplace
New regulations from Virginia's wildlife agency ban keeping box turtles as pets. The move is aimed primarily at poachers, but it also affects everyday children and adults. This turtle was photographed...
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‘Godsend’ caregiver program for Virginians with disabilities set to end this...
Catherine and Mike Rey with their two sons Louie and JP, for whom Catherine is the paid caregiver. (Catherine Rey)Young, in love and ready to take on the world together, former U.S. Army sergeant Shane...
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Over 20,000 Virginians lose Medicaid coverage a month into unwinding
(Getty Images)Since the start of April, over 20,000 Virginians have lost Medicaid coverage as part of the state’s return to normal enrollment following the end of the COVID-19 federal public health...
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Virginia to study Maryland program after backlash over disability caregiving...
Virginia's state flag flies in Richmond. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)After outcry from hundreds of families and letters from state Democrats, Virginia plans to study whether a Maryland program...
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Questions swirl at ABC over store thefts and high-ranking officials being put...
A liquor store in downtown Richmond. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)Embezzlement occurred at seven stores operated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority over the last year, according to...
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Virginia dental clinics awarded $200,000 to address dentist shortages
The Southern Dominion Health Services dental safety-net clinic in Lunenburg County. (April King)As Virginia grapples with a shortage of dentists willing to accept Medicaid-enrolled and uninsured...
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Survey: Va. health care workers increasingly confident about telehealth use
(Marko Geber / Getty Images)As most temporary provisions expanding access to healthcare services through telehealth – spurred by the now-expired federal public health emergency (PHE) – continue to...
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Virginia ABC inventory losses may be less certain than authority indicated
Virginia ABC headquarters. (Meghan McIntyre for the Virginia Mercury) After discovering at least seven cases of embezzlement at stores around Virginia, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority...
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Virginia on track to get rid of stillbirth certificate fee
Virginia's state flag flies in Richmond. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)An effort to get rid of a mandatory $12 fee Virginia charged parents to obtain a stillbirth certificate is moving forward after a...
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Ahead of new age verification law, Pornhub blocks access in Virginia
(Getty Images)Virginians will no longer be able to access Pornhub, one of the internet’s most popular pornography websites, after the company disabled access to the site in the commonwealth in response...
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Report: Race, ethnicity and address biggest predictors of premature death in...
Arlington County, viewed from The Observation Deck at CEB Tower. (Flickr/Arlington County)A new report this month by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University shows race,...
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Virginia’s mental health hotline one year later
(Getty Images) Last summer, the 988 hotline for mental health emergencies launched in Virginia and nationwide as part of a federal effort to create a more streamlined approach to accessing crisis...
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Changes to sex listed on Virginia birth certificates more than doubled after...
A rainbow flag is raised at a demonstration event in Northern Virginia. (Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury)The number of Virginians changing the sex listed on their birth certificate more than doubled...
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New proposal aims to permanently allow caregiver option for Va. disability...
Virginia's state flag flies in Richmond. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services recently released revised guidelines for state Medicaid disability waiver...
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Physician assistants’ petition aims to ease prescription access in Virginia
(Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)It isn’t unheard of in Virginia for patients to go days without access to certain prescribed medications, if the order was written by a physician assistant. However,...
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Youngkin administration criticizes falling ABC profits
A liquor store in downtown Richmond. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)Four years after Virginia transitioned its Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control into an authority in an effort to make the state...
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Ten Virginia species closer to gaining federal protections after lawsuit...
Freshwater mussels from the Clinch River. (Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury)Virginia’s aptly named overlooked cave beetle is one of 10 species found in the state scheduled to be considered for...
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TV and movie strike ignites calls for greater Virginia film incentives
Scenes for “Walking Dead, The World Beyond” being filmed on Oregon Hill Parkway, near the Lee Bridge, in Richmond in 2021. (NBC12)With appearances in nearly 80 television shows spanning a 30-year...
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