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Big rail improvements headed to Northern Virginia — including a new Long Bridge

Youngkin calls for increased state spending on child care programs

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Virginia expects to wipe out pandemic unemployment backlog next summer

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House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building

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Leader of Md. hate crime commission reinstated after temporary suspension for posts critical of Israel

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2 arrested in connection to Northwest DC triple homicide

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'Country Boy' store in Montgomery Co. hangs up its boots after 68 years

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Facing potential legal action, Prince William Co. board approves previously rejected home gun business

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DC to open ‘real-time’ crime center with 9 regional police agencies

Youngkin calls for increased state spending on child care programs

Big rail improvements headed to Northern Virginia — including a new Long Bridge

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