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- July 27, 2023
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Some precautions you can take before we get into the “dog days” of summer. With the latest high temperatures in the United States expected in the next few days, the possibility of brownouts during peak hours has moved from a chance event to something closer to an eventuality. From our friends at PJM Inside Lines: PJM […]

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- December 31, 2022
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced a significant victory against a notorious transnational criminal organization. Agents recently arrested an MS-13 gang leader in suburban Washington, D.C. Herberth Bonilla-Garcia, 40, was apprehended during a targeted raid in Manassas, Virginia. Bonilla-Garcia hid in the United States after earning a spot on El Salvador’s most-wanted list. […]

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- November 27, 2022
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Virginia’s outdoor recreation economy grew 20.9 percent in 2021, adding $9.4 billion and making up 1.6 percent of Virginia’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to a November report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). “I’m thrilled to see this level of economic growth of Virginia’s outdoor recreation. I’m looking forward to continuing my work in […]

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- November 20, 2022
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Virginia is set to receive $10.7 million as part of a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over allegations that the tech company misled users about location tracking related to their Google account settings. “It is imperative that companies take customers’ personal data protection seriously and are transparent and direct about the data collected. As […]

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- November 5, 2022
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As Republicans and Democrats across the country race toward election day, pollsters, pundits, and Twitter denizens search for indicators of who will win. One major question which has loomed large over the past several election cycles is which party will win the suburbs. As Democrats continue to dominate urban areas and Republicans maintain their grip […]

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- October 18, 2022
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Since leaving the Democrat Party last week, former Congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is now making campaign stops for Republicans. Gabbard will be in Virginia this Saturday when she will join VA-07 Republican nominee Yesli Vega for a get-out-the-vote rally in Triangle, VA. Screenshot of Eventbrite page. Currently, Gabbard is in the midst of […]

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- January 18, 2022
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I moved to Virginia in November of 2008 to take a job in the railroad industry. The Virginia I found was quite an interesting place, comfortably hosting Southern conservatives, Northern liberals and legions who didn’t care about either…but loved Virginia’s vibrant, growing atmosphere. Fast forward to January of 2022, the vibrant, growing Virginia was long-gone. […]

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- October 7, 2021
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Democrats have a big problem with Latino voters. Despite coming up short in the 2020 presidential election, counties in South Texas and those making up the Miami metro area witnessed the biggest shift in vote share to President Trump. Trump even became the first Republican to win Zapata County, on the winding Rio Grande, since […]

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- April 22, 2019
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When it comes to the fastest area of population growth in the Commonwealth, one may speculate the suburbs of Northern Virginia next to Washington, D.C., or Hampton Roads, or Richmond, but you’re all wrong.

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- April 22, 2019
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Tuition for most incoming and returning in-state students at the University of Virginia will remain the same during the 2019-2020 school year as the Charlottesville university received a $5.52 million increase in its base appropriations to roll back a 2.9 percent hike in its base in-state tuition rate.