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Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation opens grant applications and is looking to help local nonprofits
NORFOLK, Va. — Nonprofits looking to make a difference in their community and in need of a financial boost may be eligible for Dominion Energy's Charitable Foundation Fall Grant. The energy giant is offering grants to nonprofits whose organizations are defined as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS...
'Sanctuary' policies pose dangers to national security
(The Center Square) – Localities with “sanctuary” policies in Virginia have grown, many butting up against vital military or national security instillations, posing potential threats, according to a former Homeland Security and immigration senior official. Last month, immigration policy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released an updated map of localities that have adopted sanctuary policies, which showed a surge in the commonwealth totaling 84. Those localities include the...
Another Navy Amphibious Assault Ship Breaks Down Off the Virginia Coast
One of the Navy's amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port -- at least the third such incident this year.Lt. Cmdr. David Carter, a spokesman for Naval Surface Force Atlantic, confirmed that the USS Iwo Jima suffered "a non-propulsion-related materiel casualty in the engineering department" that forced the ship to return to Naval Station Norfolk on Thursday. That description could cover everything from a problem with the ship's hydraulics to power generators to potable water equipment.In an email to Military.com on Friday, Carter said that the ship was at sea...
'Tennessee Three' member urges young Democrats to vote against reversion: 'Not going back'
ETTRICK – A Tennessee state legislator expelled from, then reinstated to that state’s General Assembly stumped for the Democratic presidential ticket here Thursday, focusing on young voters at two area colleges with this message: “We’re not going back.” “This moment and this time require the best of our energies, the best of our...
New Standards for the VA Caregivers Program Are Still in Limbo. Advocates Want Them Released.
Advocates for family members and friends who support severely ill or injured veterans who need daily care are pushing the Biden administration for answers on the future of a Department of Veterans Affairs program that provides benefits to those caregivers.Twelve organizations, including the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Wounded Warrior Project, wrote President Joe Biden on Wednesday asking him to publish new program standards for the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, which have been in the works for more than two years.The VA program, established in 2011 for seriously injured post-9/11 veterans, provides monetary...
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