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- November 22, 2022
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Senate Intelligence Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) told Fox News that former President Donald Trump “was right” in his warnings about social media platform TikTok. “TikTok is a enormous threat,” Warner said. “It’s a threat on two levels.  One, it is a massive collector of information, oftentimes of our children. They can visualize even down to your keystrokes. […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- August 17, 2022
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Attorney General Jason Miyares is warning that the latest congressional budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 will cut funding for the Virginia Army National Guard (VANG) Counter Drug unit program by about 10 percent, eliminating several positions. “The current proposed budget reductions would result in the loss of five VNG Counter Drug Unit analysts across the […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- June 7, 2022
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Virginia has been chosen as one of the first states to receive funding as part of a $10 billion capital project fund for broadband access in a massive federal effort to bring affordable, high-speed internet to all American homes and businesses. The funding is a part of Congress’ 2021 COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue […]

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- May 22, 2022
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USDA agents and other authorities raided beagle-breeder-for-testing Envigo’s Cumberland facility and seized 145 dogs that were in “acute distress” on Wednesday, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Christopher Kavanaugh. The attorney is representing the U.S. against Envigo, alleging that the breeder is violating the Animal Welfare Act […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- April 8, 2022
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Virginia transportation is set to get a lot smoother in the near future. It was announced that Virginia will receive over $232 million in federal funds to improve the state’s transit system, according to officials. The funding for the improvements will come from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration formula programs. Both Senators […]

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- March 29, 2019
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One week after U.S. Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to Congress detailing that White House Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia had concluded, he announced that a full redacted copy will be released to lawmakers. The nearly 400-page investigative report will be made […]

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...