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Youngkin and Virginia lawmakers finally reach budget compromise that includes teacher raises without a tax hike
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) compromised with Virginia budget negotiators on a two-year state spending plan that would include 3% raises for state employees and teachers while not raising taxes. Virginia House Appropriations Chairman Luke Torian said Thursday the General Assembly’s budget leaders have reached a deal with Youngkin they hope lawmakers approve during a special […]
Suspect in deadly east Charlotte shooting arrested in Virginia
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A suspect in a deadly east Charlotte shooting has been arrested in Virginia, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said on Friday. Officers responded to calls regarding the incident around 5 p.m. on Friday April 12th near 6200 Upas Lane in east Charlotte. 21-year-old Justin Caracha-Soto was found suffering from gunshot wounds and […]
Virginia health officials launch ‘surveillance system’ for kids sickened by cannabis
Virginia officials are instructing health care providers to start keeping track of “adverse events” involving children and teens being exposed to cannabis products. In an April 24 letter to clinicians, State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton said her agency had received enough reports of minors getting sick from products containing CBD and THC, chemical compounds found in cannabis, that the state was establishing a “special surveillance system” to keep tabs on the issue.
Forced to Change: What’s Affecting Virginia Seafood and Fishing?
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (WFXR) — Captain Matt Mason looked across Curtis Merritt Harbor and reflected: “Fishing is something I’ve done my whole life.” Mason, a charter fishing guide, has worked the sea for more than four decades, much of that guiding trips for summer flounder operating his business, Marshland Charters. Summer flounder is a species of […]
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