VPM Daily Newscast
VPM's daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, Phil Liles, Kim Strother and VPM News staff, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
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5/2/25 - Diving through history with Tara Roberts
The journalist helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks.
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05/01/25 - New federal data points to a shrinki...
In Virginia, data from the Richmond Fed also points to slowing sectors.
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4/30/25 - International students at four of Vir...
This comes as a reversal from the Trump administration.
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4/29/25 - Rep. Rob Wittman’s constituents held ...
Virginia's 1st CD covers portions of the Northern Neck and Greater Richmond.
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4/28/25 - Where do Virginia's statewide candida...
In other news, we have an update on the two men recently detained by ICE in Charlottesville.
4 min
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Policy Matters: April 24, 2025
4 min
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BizSense Beat: SMART SCALE, Insurance company s...
4 min
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4/25/25- University of Richmond dedicates memor...
The memorial was built on the site of a graveyard the University previously paved over.
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4/24/25 - Charlottesvile area protests alleged ...
The governor’s office recently announced 500+ migrant arrests.
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4/23/25 - Cool the City initiative launches in ...
It's a five-year greening and capacity building project, funded by a $6 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, based on years of planning, outreach and research.
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4/22/25 - Richmond’s Repair Cafe
What’s old is new again with the latest pop-up to hit the city of Richmond.
4 min
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4/21/25 - Legal challenges on canceled internat...
Lawsuits arguing the federal government is denying international students due process have been filed in different states.
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BizSense Beat: CSX lawsuit, Goochland County br...
4 min
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4/18/25 Trump administration terminates interna...
Also: Dominion Energy's working with CNU to provide bat habitats
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4/17/26: Curious Commonwealth answers more recy...
In which we reduce, reuse, report out the requested news.
8 min
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4/16/25 - Crowded state primary fields for Lt. ...
ELECT released the finalized list of candidates this week.
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04/15/25 - Federal grant cuts: Richmond water, ...
Plus: VMI to vote on new board president following two resignations.
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4/14/25 - Guitarist Daniel Bachman uses the nat...
The Virginia native has been releasing music for about 10 years.
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BizSense Beat: Richmond's City Center, the Diam...
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4/11/25 - Trump order could affect Va. climate ...
Cale Jaffe, a University of Virginia environmental law professor, said the order goes against almost 100 years of precedent that states have authority to set their own energy policies.
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04/10/25 - Chesterfield County officials approv...
The $2.4 billion budget was approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors
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4/9/25 - Dem candidate hints at paid FMLA support
Former US Rep. Abigail Spanberger met with Virginia labor leaders Tuesday.
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4/8/2025 - Tribal sovereignty and fundraising i...
Lawmakers passed a bill to define the relationship between Indigenous tribes in Virginia and the commonwealth. Youngkin recommended striking three words from the proposal.
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4/7/25 - The Shockoe Institute’s new center in ...
Its groundbreaking took place last week and is set to be a place of “learning, reflection and action.”
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BizSense Beat: Ice rink, Chesterfield plant shu...
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