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Report: Legalizing Casinos Would Provide Modest Boost
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 25, 2019
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Virginia could raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue if lawmakers choose to legalize casino gambling in several Virginia localities. That’s according to a report presented to lawmakers in Richmond today. Mallory Noe-Payne has more.
Gambling in Virginia? Casinos Will Likely Be a Hot Topic for Lawmakers in January
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 22, 2019
Credit: Matthew Powell / Flickr
Lawmakers in Richmond are about to place their bets on casino gambling. They’ll get a much-anticipated report on Monday. Michael Pope reports.
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From NPR News- NASA's 8-Minute Rocket Test Shuts Down After 67 Seconds January 17, 2021The test was for NASA's Space Launch System, a successor to the retired Space Shuttle program. It takes eight minutes to generate the power needed to get to space, and ultimately to the moon.
- Police Arrest Man With Handgun, Woman Impersonating Officer Near D.C. Checkpoints January 17, 2021In separate incidents over the weekend, police arrested a 63-year-old woman who claimed to be an officer and a 22-year-old man carrying a firearm, high-capacity magazines and unregistered ammunition.
- Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning January 17, 2021Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.
- Club Of 1-Term Presidents Awaits Its Reluctant New Member: Trump January 17, 2021Trump joins a subset of former presidents who were denied a second term by the voters. For any public figure, that sort of hired-and-fired rejection might be purgatory. For Trump, it might be worse.
- Phil Spector, Legendary Record Producer And Convicted Murderer, Has Died At 81 January 17, 2021The famous — even infamous — producer, known for his "wall of sound," died Saturday. He produced records for The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner as well as The Beatles, among many others.
- NASA's 8-Minute Rocket Test Shuts Down After 67 Seconds January 17, 2021
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- Covid-19: England delivering 140 jabs a minute, says NHS chief executive January 17, 2021But Sir Simon Stevens says the health service has never been in a more precarious situation.
- Russia Navalny: Poisoned opposition leader held after flying home January 17, 2021The activist returned to Moscow from Germany months after a nerve agent attack nearly killed him.
- Coronavirus: Concerns over bosses breaking Covid safety rules January 17, 2021The Health and Safety Executive says it received 2,945 complaints about workplaces in one week.
- Biden inauguration: Executive orders to reverse Trump policies January 17, 2021The new president will repeal Trump travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord after being sworn in.
- Jailed music producer Phil Spector dies January 17, 2021Spector, who was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson, transformed pop music with his "wall of sound".
- Covid-19: England delivering 140 jabs a minute, says NHS chief executive January 17, 2021
