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Should Localities Be Able to Tax Plastic Bags?
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 31, 2020
Local governments across Virginia may be getting the ability to impose taxes on plastic bags. Michael Pope reports.
Should Virginia Impose a Tax on Plastic Bags?
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 16, 2019
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Are plastic bags a problem in Virginia? Lawmakers in Richmond are divided. Michael Pope has details.
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From NPR News- Florida Smashes U.S. State Record Of Daily New Cases: More Than 15,200 July 12, 2020Gov. Ron DeSantis has not ordered a statewide mask mandate, even as coronavirus cases set new records in Florida. Some local officials have imposed their own restrictions to try to slow the spread.
- Iranian Report Details Chain Of Mistakes In Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Plane July 12, 2020A missile operator who didn't properly calibrate his radar system fired on the Ukrainian passenger plane without authorization, Iran says. All 176 people on board were killed on Jan. 8.
- Roger Stone Clemency Latest Example Of Trump Rewarding His Friends, Scholars Say July 12, 2020The Founding Fathers intended the presidential pardon power to protect the national interest. Leading clemency experts question Trump's use of his authority.
- Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak July 12, 2020A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people.
- Tracking The Pandemic: Are Coronavirus Cases Rising Or Falling In Your State? July 12, 2020View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
- Florida Smashes U.S. State Record Of Daily New Cases: More Than 15,200 July 12, 2020
- From BBC News
- Coronavirus: I trust people's sense on face masks - Gove July 12, 2020Minister Michael Gove says he does not think face coverings should be mandatory in shops in England.
- Farm outbreak leads 200 to self isolate July 12, 2020Up to 200 vegetable pickers and packers will remain on the farm in Herefordshire while isolating.
- Coronavirus: Florida sets new state daily case record of 15,299 July 12, 2020A 24-hour tally of 15,299 new coronavirus cases eclipses the worst rates seen in New York in April.
- Coronavirus: South Africa bans alcohol sales again to combat Covid-19 July 12, 2020It is one of several restrictions introduced by President Ramaphosa amid rising infection rates.
- 12-year-old boy arrested over Zaha racist messages July 12, 2020A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media.
- Coronavirus: I trust people's sense on face masks - Gove July 12, 2020
