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A labor union in Northern Virginia is pushing Alexandria City Council to require higher wages at new hotels or else block them from being developed.- Washington Post.Within Norfolk, nine neighborhoods have incarceration rates two to five times higher than the city rate.- Virginian-Pilot A report found Norfolk and Richmond have the highest rates of incarceration in the state. Virginia landlords are waiting months for rent relief payments they’ve applied for on behalf of tenants under a program established during the pandemic.- WRIC.Transparency advocates say that cuts the public out of the legislative process.- Virginian-Pilot Virginia lawmakers frequently pass legislation that has otherwise died by inserting provisions into the budget.
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But the information can be hard for patients to find and interpret.- Richmond Times-Dispatch In response to a federal requirement and a state law, Virginia hospitals are publishing their prices. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is expected to become available to Virginians in mid-August.- Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8%, the lowest it’s been since before the pandemic, but staffing problems persist.- Richmond Times-Dispatch.Vice President Kamala Harris met with a group of Democratic Virginia legislators Saturday in Henrico, urging them to protect abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.- Richmond Times-Dispatch, VPM