President Trump spoke during a meeting about the coronavirus with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards,…
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CDC team headed to Va. to help combat COVID spread in poultry plants
A bicyclist recently joined a demonstration of about 50 vehicles in Harrisonburg to call for…
Survey: 34 million jobs have been lost since mid-March
About 10 million jobs have been lost in the United States since early April —…
Northam outlines plans to reopen Va., warns residents will continue to see some restrictions
By Kate Masters VM – Reopening Virginia will depend upon a series of metrics to…
Some lawmakers view minimum wage delay as lesser of two evils
Lawmakers in both chambers sat at tables six feet apart to comply with social distancing…
Woman soaks produce in bleach, ends up in the ER
An adult woman who heard on the news to clean all recently purchased groceries before consuming them recently filled a sink with a mixture of 10% bleach solution, vinegar, and hot water, and soaked her produce. While cleaning her other groceries, she noted a noxious smell described as “chlorine” in her kitchen.
Meet the welder helping decontaminate N95 masks
Artist Keith M. Ramsey was quick to say yes when Ace Callwood of VCU Ventures asked him to use his welding expertise to build frames that would be used in a pilot program to decontaminate N95 masks, which are essential
to health care workers.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF RICHMOND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Will hold an electronic Public Hearing due to the state of emergency that exists as…
Advocates disappointed by proposed delay in minimum wage implementation
Workers and advocates who urged Gov. Ralph Northam to sign a bill that would have raised the minimum wage at the start of next year were disappointed when instead a delay was proposed until May 2021. Democrats in the General Assembly passed HB395 and SB7 to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023, beginning with a raise to $9.50 on Jan. 1, 2021. Northam caved to pressure from wealthy corporate lobbyists and amended HB395 to delay the first minimum wage increase for 5 months, until May 1, 2021, noted advocates from Progress Virginia.
President Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden for president
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama endorsed his friend and former Vice President Joe Biden,…