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Chesapeake’s proposed budget includes money for public safety training academy, pay increases
Chesapeake's nearly $2 billion proposed operating budget and capital improvement plan earmarks more than $100 million to fund a new public safety training academy in southern Chesapeake, along with 3.5% general wage increases and additional funding for open space preservation.
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Virginia budget proposal: Free health clinics expected to receive biggest funding increase since 2016
The network of Virginia free clinics may receive its largest funding increase since 2016 to help with a growing need for services, although the bump was less than originally requested.
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Biden, at risk with young voters, is racing to shift marijuana policy
The president wants regulators to move marijuana from a Schedule I classification under the Controlled Substances Act to Schedule III.
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Hampton School Board approves budget including 3% raises, increase to minimum hourly rate for all positions
The budget includes $5.7 million to provide a 3% raise for employees. The plan also increases the minimum hourly rate for all positions to $14.
National Politics
Fearing political violence, more states ban guns at polling places
At least six states are debating bills that would ban firearms at polling places or...
Sports
Top prospect Jackson Holliday will lead off, play second and get maximum at-bats, Norfolk Tides manager says
Holliday, a shortstop for most of his career, has spent this spring learning to play...
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High school scoreboard | Jack Wecht leads No. 5 Grassfield to baseball victory over Indian River
Colin Lebel shined on the mound and at bat, leading Cape Henry to victory and...
Crime and Public Safety
Deaths are down in North Carolina jails. But in the latest toll, records show a pattern.
Jail deaths in North Carolina dropped significantly last year, the first reduction in seven years. But investigations...
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Editorial: Port of Virginia will lend a hand as Baltimore begins its recovery
The Port of Virginia's ability to handle traffic from Baltimore following the disaster there shows...
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What we know about the 6 workers killed in the Baltimore bridge collapse
Seven men left home Monday evening for a night shift on the Francis Scott Key...
Military
Navy SEAL’s Virginia Beach family copes with loss and life a year after his death
Michael Ernst kissed his family goodbye on Feb. 17, 2023, with the expectation that he...
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