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Musk, Trump funding chaos force Virginia community health centers to close

Some of Virginia’s community health centers have had to close locations because of the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze.
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Virginia Dems advance budget items focused on helping with high prices

Virginia House and Senate Democrats advanced state budget proposals that aim to help people struggling with the high cost of living and rejected several high-profile budget proposals from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. 
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Virginia House forms emergency committee over Musk’s attacks on federal workers

A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers will look into the impacts of the Trump Administration’s drastic and legally questionable shrinking of federal services and its workforce. 
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Virginia Senate Dems pass bill to protect health care workers from out-of-state attacks

Virginia Senate Democrats on Monday passed legislation aimed at protecting medical workers and patients from out-of-state prosecutions for legal activities in Virginia. 
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UVA, VCU end care for trans minors following Trump order, state guidance

Two of Virginia’s major health systems quietly stopped providing gender-affirming care to minors in response to directives from the Trump administration and Virginia’s Republican Attorney General. 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Facing first tragedy of his presidency, Trump blames DEI, Obama for plane crash

Sixty-seven people are presumed to be dead after a passenger plane collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair while approaching Reagan National Airport. Rather than provide measured leadership, Trump blamed DEI and Democrats for the deadly accident.
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Virginia leaders slam Trump’s immediate, baseless blame of DEI for crash

Some Virginia leaders criticized Trump’s choice to immediately blame DEI as the cause despite no evidence of the cause of the crash yet, something he admitted wasn’t known just minutes earlier in his remarks.  
A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time. (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Way more Americans are getting sterilized since Roe was struck down, research finds

A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time. 
A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that since 2022, states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter, with single people, who tend to skew younger, being more likely to leave. (Photo via Getty Images)

People are leaving states with abortion bans, according to study

A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that since 2022, states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter, with single people, who tend to skew younger, being more likely to leave. Tens of thousands of people, in particular single people, have left states with abortion bans […]
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Coping with Trump 2.0-era repro rights: Finding power in your community

Recent events may leave you feeling uncertain about basic human rights. If the president wants to take away your reproductive freedoms, who can you turn to?
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Virginia agency says Richmond water crisis was ‘completely avoidable’

Richmond may have broken state law related to public water, according to a notice from the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water.
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ICYM: Virginia is becoming a leader in clean energy

Clean energy is taking over the commonwealth. Here’s what you need to know about Virginia’s newest renewable energy news.