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Why health insurance is so expensive this year — and what you can do about it.
This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
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Worried about the pause on SNAP benefits? Here’s how my family stretched $40 for groceries per week
When I say we’ve been there, honey, we’ve been there. Not qualifying for food aid, we had our grocery budget down to a science.
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Obama rallies with Spanberger in Norfolk
The campaign for Abigail Spanberger said 7,000 people attended a rally where Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, criticized Republicans for worsening inequality and eroding America’s democracy.
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Spanberger rallies Latino voters in Alexandria amid growing distrust of government, deportation fears
The impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation program mean fewer Latinos are showing up to their jobs while those who do risk being assaulted at work.
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10 celebrities who went to college in Virginia
More celebrities than you probably think went to college in Virginia. Check out these 10 prime examples, from actors to a football player and even a newscaster.
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The quiet cost of doing nothing: My real-life encounter with the bystander effect at a Blue Ridge Mountain crash
Sometimes, it’s not what you did that haunts you—it’s what you didn’t do. That’s why the bystander effect often hits hard after the sirens fade.
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More than 300,000 Virginians to see health care premiums rise as open enrollment begins
Republicans in Washington have refused to extend subsidies to prevent drastic cost increases for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in 2026.
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OPINION: Jason Miyares is a threat to Virginia’s reproductive freedom
At stake is the proposed Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom, which would protect Virginians’ right to access abortion, contraception, miscarriage, and fertility care, and guarantee the full spectrum of reproductive health care for generations to come in a time when these freedoms are under direct threat.
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Virginia Dems enter redistricting fight in response to Trump’s power grab
Virginia lawmakers are reportedly reconvening in Richmond on Monday with plans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to counter several Republican-led states doing the same at the behest of the president.
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Virginia families face increased hunger risk from government shutdown
Over 850,000 Virginians risk losing access to SNAP federal food assistance because of the government shutdown.
