The official poverty rate showed a decline in North Carolina, but experts say that measure misses nuance.
Read more ...New Census numbers are raising alarm bells about child poverty in Virginia.
Read more ...Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed long-delayed amendments to Virginia’s two-year budget on the steps of the state capitol Thursday, concluding a six-month process that has left many local and state agency initiatives in limbo.
Read more ...Virginia ABC insisted it would phase out counter stores. A new one is opening in Portsmouth. Local News
A closed Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority store in Portsmouth with a history of “high level theft” will reopen this year with its products behind bulletproof glass as part of a broader push to reduce retail theft at state stores approved by the authority’s board Friday.
Read more ...Forecasters cancel warnings as Lee begins to dissipate over Maritime Canada National News
A 51-year-old motorist in Searsport, Maine, died in the storm Saturday after a large tree limb fell on his vehicle.
Read more ...Politics took center stage at a gathering of 77 developing nations in Cuba National News
The Cuban President called on Global South leaders to "change the rules of the game" at the end of the G77+China summit in Havana.
Read more ...Thousands march in New York to demand that Biden 'end fossil fuels' National News
The protest comes after a summer of extreme weather events and just ahead of a U.N. summit aimed at prodding global leaders to cut emissions more quickly.
Read more ...From snow to Dr. Seuss: What Newbery Medalist authors discussed with Kenyan kids National News
Kwame Alexander, a poet, and Jerry Craft, an author and illustrator, went to Kenya to encourage reading — and learned a lot in the process.
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