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- June 15, 2022
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Youngkin Lands Billion Dollar Investment from LEGO

Governor Youngkin has announced that global toy manufacturer the LEGO Group plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a factory in suburban Richmond, Virginia. As reported by WTOP, the factory, expected to open in 2025, will feature a carbon-neutral design and will employ more than 1,760 people, according to a news release. Youngkin […]

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- June 11, 2022
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Richmond School May Have Discovered a Treasure Trove of Sex Work Material In School

A public school in Richmond Virginia says it may have more than 4,000 lesson plans, emails, and other materials about “sex work,” but if concerned parents want details, they will have to pay $20,000 to find out. According to the Daily Wire, the Richmond district’s potential trove of disturbing materials was revealed when officials responded […]

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- June 3, 2022
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City of Richmond Officials, Casino Developers Threaten Legal Action After General Assembly Blocks 2022 Casino Referendum

The recently-passed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget includes language blocking the City of Richmond from holding another casino referendum until November 2023. Richmond officials have called for a 2022 referendum after voters rejected a casino in 2021, but State Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) is instead pushing for Petersburg to be granted a casino license, and on Thursday afternoon, […]

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- May 20, 2022
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Virginia Woman Guilty of Scamming $1.2 Million in Covid-19 Relief Funds

A Richmond woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to swindling Virginia and U.S. out of more than $1 million in COVID relief funds by using victims’ personal information that she obtained through her state government employment, a prosecutor said. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, court documents show that in one scheme, […]

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- April 4, 2022
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Court Upholds Conviction of Man Who Shot at Richmond Officers

In 2020, Anthony J. Slayton, was found guilty of shooting at police officers who were patrolling the streets around a public housing complex in Richmond and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Two years later, the Virginia appeals court has upheld the conviction, dismissing his argument the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient […]

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- March 29, 2022
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Richmond man Rushed to Hospital after being Bitten by Pet Viper

The Virginia State police rushed anti-venom to VCU Health to use on a man who was bitten by his own pet, an African pit viper, one of the most venomous snakes in the world. The Virginia State Police said in a statement that it helped deliver anti-venom treatment from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science […]

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- December 23, 2021
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Long-Forgotten Contents of Time Capsule Under Lee Statue Revealed

Today, we have a palate cleanser specifically for you history lovers: historians opened a Civil War-era time capsule recovered from the pedestal of the former Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond yesterday. Watch as the contents of which — forgotten for more than 130 years — were shared: NBC12 News reports: The team started their […]

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- December 7, 2021
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Lee Pedestal Going: What’s Next for Richmond’s Monument Avenue?

Today, the City of Richmond will begin removing the last portion of what had become an increasingly contentious statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Only one monument remains on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, honoring a black man: Richmond native and tennis champ Arthur Ashe. Although the vision for what Monument Avenue may become remains incomplete, […]

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- April 5, 2019
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At Least 6,500 Marched On State Capitol Against Democrat’s Late-Term Abortion Bill

Earlier in the day, Democrats held their own pro-abortion rally which had just 60 people in attendance, showing a stark contrast compared to those who came out to support protections for the unborn.

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- April 1, 2019
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Thousands Expected For ‘Virginia March For Life’ Wednesday In Richmond

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Pro-life advocates will convene on Bank Street when the General Assembly gets back to business this week to “reject abortion extremism,” and show their disgust of those who supported the highly controversial late-term abortion bill and Governor Ralph Northam’s “infanticide” comments.

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