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Tribal advocates keep up legal pressure for fair political maps; 12-member jury sworn in for Trump's historic criminal trial; the importance of healthcare decision planning; and a debt dilemma: poll shows how many people wrestle with college costs.

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Civil rights activists say a court ruling could end the right to protest in three southern states, a federal judge lets January 6th lawsuits proceed against former President Trump, and police arrest dozens at a Columbia University Gaza protest.

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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-thousand forest acres to fracking and rural communities build bike trail systems to promote nature, boost the economy.

VA: Nuclear Waste

Nuclear energy is one part of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's
Experts Concerned about SW Virginia Nuclear Plant Placement

Environmentalists and Southwest Virginia residents are concerned about proposed sites for small modular nuclear reactors. The LENOWISCO Planning …

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Highly radioactive fuel rods currently are stored on site in spent fuel pools or dry cask storage. (Pixabay)
Yucca Mountain Nuke Dump Plan Returns

RICHMOND, Va. -- A bill reviving plans to ship thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste thousands of miles by road, rail and barge may come up …

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Uranium Mining Report: Weather Uncertainty a Concern for Some

RICHMOND, Va. - To keep the ban or lift it? That question regarding the nearly 30-year ban on uranium mining in Virginia remains unanswered for now…

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River at Risk – Drinking Water Threatened?

RICHMOND, Va. - The Roanoke River is number three on a list of endangered rivers put out annually by the conservation group American Rivers. The …

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from …

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Analysis: 18 Million Pounds of Toxics Dumped into VA Waterways

RICHMOND, Va. - A new analysis of data reported to the national Toxics Release Inventory finds that industrial facilities dumped more than 18 million …

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Uranium Mining Opposition Reaches Critical Mass in VA

Richmond, VA - Virginia is a potential hotbed of uranium mining, as companies push to lift the state's long-standing moratorium against it. Some …

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