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Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
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Not sure if Dan Rather is racist, inconsiderate or just used bad phrasing. Here’s what he said on the Chris Matthews show Sunday.
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Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a “black agenda.”
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The Richmond area dodged a snowstorm yesterday, but a bigger one could be on the way.
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Changes will take place this spring. The Martin’s name will be used and stores will take on some of the chain’s characteristics. Also, the stores will open on Sundays and sell beer and wine.
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New improvements to Carytown will be seen within the next year. Watch the video here. Courtesy of www.wric.com
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Homeless numbers are down in Richmond due to efforts by the Homeless Outreach Partnership Program. Homelessness has dropped up to 12% in the past year…
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Fifty years to the day after 34 Virginia Union University students were arrested for trying to eat at a downtown lunch counter, hundreds of students gathered to hear from three veterans of the movement.
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A bomb threat made by a passenger on a GRTC Transit System bus prompted authorities to briefly close off one of the main traffic arteries in downtown Richmond.
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