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An eighty-year-old federal program allows employers to pay certain adults with disabilities less than minimum wage. Virginia is shutting this program down, and The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that the Biden administration aims to eliminate it nation-wide.
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WMRA Daily 1/23/25
5 天之前 · A member of a prominent Shenandoah Valley preservation group sues them over plans to take over a Valley rail line… After an election board member’s failed attempt to interfere with vote certification in Waynesboro, the state board of elections wants him out… We investigate the meteoric rise, and spectacular fall, of a local solar business….
WMRA Daily 1/22/25
6 天之前 · We check in with local participants in the Point-In-Time Count, tallying the number of homeless… The General Assembly moves forward with three Democratic-backed constitutional amendments… The legislature also debates what the state should require for parents who home school their children….
WMRA Daily 1/14/25
2025年1月14日 · After a delay due to Richmond’s water troubles, the General Assembly is back in session… Governor Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address… We have a special edition of the politics chat with Jeff Schapiro, with analysis of the legislature’s kickoff….
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NPR News & NPR Talk in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley
WMRA Daily 1/9/25
2025年1月9日 · With more snow forecast for Friday night, Skyline Drive remains closed after last weekend’s storm… Meanwhile in Richmond, residents are still under a boil water notice, and the General Assembly is delayed… Southwest Virginia gets more than $46 million in federal aid to deal with damage from Helene….
WMRA Daily 1/16/25
2025年1月16日 · The man near Norfolk accused of stockpiling large numbers of explosives pleads not guilty… Republicans in the General Assembly want to limit transgender girls from participating in school sports… Virginia attorney and law professor Tim Heaphy has some advice on how, after Unite the Right and January 6th, we can restore faith in government….
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