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Tens of thousands of Virginians will be affected by this summer’s Metro shutdown of six Blue and Yellow Line stations, according to WTOP. The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved $3.6 million in funding to lessen the impact of the closures. The money will go towards allowing buses to bypass traffic on part of the Capital Beltway,…

This weekend marks Pride weekend in Washington D.C. We’ve included some of the main events below, and a full list of the weekend’s Pride events can be found here. Featured Washington D.C. Pride Events Capital Pride Parade – June 8 at 4:30 PM – Dupont & Logan Circles NW, Washington D.C. 20036 Capital Pride Festival…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all the Virginia news that’s been happening coming right up. Want to subscribe? Click here. But First… A new investigation from the New York Times revealed that President Donald Trump lost over $1 billion from 1985 to 1994 and “appears to have lost more money…

Welcome to the second edition of ‘Virginian of the week. This week, we interviewed Clara Cline, a Richmond-based illustrator. Her work can be found on her website, Facebook and Instagram. Tell us a little bit about yourself. What brought you to Virginia? I’m a lifelong Virginian, born and raised! I grew up in Newport News, went to the University…

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a series profiling candidates running in competitive Virginia state legislature elections. When Sheila Bynum-Coleman lost her second consecutive bid for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, she thought to herself: “Hell no, I’m not doing this again.” Her urge to quit was fleeting. Today, she’s a…

Welcome to the latest edition of ‘Virginian of the week. This week, we interviewed Emma Manis, a Richmond-based stylist, blogger and content creator. Her work can be found on her website and Instagram, as well as her company’s website. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from originally and and what brought you to Richmond? …

This is part two of our series looking at the minimum wage. Check out part one here. If you’re a full-time minimum wage worker in Virginia earning $7.25 per hour, working 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, you earn $15,080 before taxes. While that’s technically over the poverty line for an individual ($12,140),…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got all the Virginia news you need to know coming right up. But First… If you live in Norfolk and find yourself craving Swedish meatballs or affordable-yet-questionable furniture, you’re in luck: A new IKEA opens its doors in the city on Wednesday. 15,000 shoppers are expected,…

This is the first of a multi-part series exploring the minimum wage in Virginia. Earlier this year, Virginia’s Republican-controlled General Assembly failed to raise the state’s minimum wage, which sits at $7.25 per hour. Indeed, while 20 other states raised their minimum wages this year, Virginia continues to lag behind, trailing even many deeply conservative…

Last week, a shooter in a Virginia Beach municipal building killed 12 people in about ten minutes. That’s more time than state lawmakers spent debating a bill in January that would have banned the extended-capacity magazine the shooter used to fire as many bullets as possible without having to reload. In January, just four members…