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Healthcare

ICYMI: Glen Sturtevant voted to let insurance companies sell plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions

June 11, 2019 2:08 pm

More than 3.4 million Virginians live with a pre-existing condition, but State Sen. Glen Sturtevant (R-Midlothian) and his fellow Republicans voted this...

Politics

Hundreds of Hampton VA Medical Center employees in contract battle with government

June 10, 2019 9:01 pm

Roughly 650 staffers at the Hampton VA Medical Center are among the 250,000 unionized employees taking on the Department of Veteran Affairs...

Healthcare

Over 180 CEOs speak out against recent abortion bans, but none from Virginia

June 10, 2019 7:30 pm

More than 180 CEOs, including leaders from H&M, Yelp, Warby Parker, and Bloomberg LP published a letter in a full-page ad in...

Politics

‘No questions, no discussion’ allowed by Virginia’s GOP lawmakers on gun safety

June 7, 2019 7:24 pm

Last week, a shooter in a Virginia Beach municipal building killed 12 people in about ten minutes. That's more time than state...

Economy

Senators Kaine & Warner fight to protect rural jobs from Trump administration

June 7, 2019 5:20 pm

Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced legislation to stop the Trump administration from shutting down the Flatwoods Job Corps Center...

Economy

You could get $24,000 to pay off student loans by moving to rural Virginia

June 7, 2019 4:57 pm

The Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission has officially approved a program to help pay off recent college graduates' student loan debt if...

Politics

Things to do in Virginia: 6/8 – 6/15

June 7, 2019 4:55 pm

This weekend marks Pride weekend in Washington D.C. We've included some of the main events below, and a full list of the...

Politics

Your Virginia Primary Elections FAQs

June 7, 2019 4:09 pm

On Tuesday June 11, Virginia voters will go to the polls to vote in the state’s primary elections. There are 16 state...

Healthcare

Health officials warn of possible exposure to measles in NoVA

June 6, 2019 7:27 pm

If you were at Terminal A in Dulles International Airport on Sunday June 2 between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., you might have...

Healthcare

Virginia aims to eliminate racial disparity in maternal mortality by 2025

June 6, 2019 4:59 pm

Black women are more than two times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related death in Virginia than white women, a disparity...

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