The federal Rural Health Transformation Program will send Virginia its second-year allocation, following $189.5 million delivered in Year One.
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Do you trust federal health funding to improve care in your rural community?
Virginia news covers state government, elections, military installations, federal proximity and civic affairs across the Old Dominion. Reporting reaches Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Richmond.
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Are you currently conserving water at home because of the drought?
Central and eastern Virginia remain dry as the Middle James region moves to a drought warning level.
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Should Virginia expand the I-95 express lanes to run in both directions?
The Virginia Department of Transportation is exploring around-the-clock express lanes on about 45 miles of Interstate 95 in Northern Virginia.
The ancient stone artifact was found by a college student during a field trip on the state's coast.
Tidewater Community College will use the federal funding to expand mental health referrals and crisis intervention training for students.
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Should Virginia voters approve the constitutional amendments on reproductive rights and same-sex marriage?
Former Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears spoke at a Richmond rally opposing ballot measures on reproductive rights and same-sex marriage.
Statewide reporting follows the legislature and the governor's office, elections, the courts and the defense, technology and federal contracting sectors that define so much of the Virginia economy. Coverage runs through Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Richmond and the Northern Virginia communities that sit within the Washington metropolitan area. Virginia's concentration of military bases and defense contractors along the Hampton Roads corridor makes federal defense spending and base decisions among the most consequential recurring economic stories in the state. The political divide between the fast-growing Northern Virginia suburbs and the more rural Southside and Southwest regions is the structural tension that shapes most competitive statewide elections.
