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Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. Note: This will be the last edition of Dogwood Daily for 2019. We will be off for the holidays and will return on Thursday, January 2. Happy holidays and we’ll see you in 2020! But first……

Want to visit Richmond? You can find about 1,200 places to stay on Airbnb, but none of them are — technically — legal. City code prohibits rentals in residential properties for fewer than 30 days, but that hasn’t stopped Richmonders from offering up their homes and apartments on the online booking platform to short-term renters.…

Summer is winding down and you’re probably debating whether or not you want to brave the hot, humid outdoors. If you don’t, more power to you. We’re big fans of spending nights and evenings on the couch. But if you do want to get out of the house and go do something this week, we’ve…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here.  But first… On Sunday, The Richmond Times-Dispatch released the second portion of its…

Looking for something fun to do or a way to get involved in your community? No matter where you live in the Commonwealth, we’ve got you covered. Northern Virginia / D.C. Medicaid Application Assistance – Triangle VA – July 26 from 8:45 AM to 1:45 PM – 3800 Graham Park Rd, Triangle, VA 22172 Loudoun…

We know, we know — you’re probably about to go on your summer vacation. But if you’re not and you’re looking for something fun to do, or a way to get involved in your community, we’ve got you covered. Northern Virginia / D.C. 71st Annual Fairfax County 4-H Fair and Carnival – Aug 2-4 from…

There are 247,470 children in Virginia who face food insecurity, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Map the Meal Gap 2019 report. The USDA defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Virginia’s rate of child food insecurity is actually the fifth lowest rate in…

Angelica Felder’s dream of going to college were in jeopardy, and with them, so was her hope of becoming a nurse. But then she received a scholarship to George Mason University through the school’s Early Identification Program (EIP), an initiative that helps first-generation students become the first in their families to attend college in the…

The Rappahannock County Republican Party censured Rep. Denver Riggleman for “abandoning party principles,” on issues like fiscal spending and immigration. But Riggleman’s office pushed back, The Hill reports, saying the censure was issued to punish the freshman GOP lawmaker for officiating a same-sex wedding in July. A censure is a formal statement expressing severe disapproval of…

Historic victories have political scientists and analysts looking at the White House to explain how Democrats won across the board. In Virginia, Democrats flipped the state House and Senate, securing full control of the government for the first time in a generation. In Kentucky, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear turned a 9-point Democratic loss in…