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Axios to cover bail, medical bills for employee protesters
Newsrooms typically bar reporters from public political displays
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Arlington County-based digital media company Axios distributed a companywide email stating that it would cover bail or medical bills for employees who have participated in recent protests associated with the
Altria to donate $5M to social justice nonprofits, businesses
Altria's black employee resource group will select recipient organizations
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Henrico County-based Fortune 500 tobacco manufacturer Altria Group Inc. announced Friday that it will donate $5 million to national and local organizations that address systematic racism and small businesses that
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Dominion commits $5M to social justice nonprofits, businesses
Funding will be distributed within Dominion Energy's 20-state footprint
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As protests over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis have spread into a nationwide movement against systemic racism and injustice, the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Suburban businesses board up windows amid protest climate
Retailers in Henrico, Chesterfield worried about protests reaching suburbs
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As rumors — some false — circulated on social media that heated racial-justice protests like those seen in Richmond might turn to the suburbs, several businesses in suburban Henrico and
Governor: Lee monument must come down ASAP
Department of General Services to take down Monument Ave. statue "as soon as possible"
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“I am directing the Department of General Services to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee as soon as possible,” Gov. Ralph Northam declared at a news conference Thursday, flanked
Governor, Richmond mayor aim to remove Confederate monuments
Northam expected to order imminent removal of Lee Monument
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In the wake of protests in the city of Richmond, Mayor Levar Stoney announced Wednesday afternoon that he and City Council member Mike Jones will put forward an ordinance July
Much of Virginia to enter Phase Two reopening Friday
Northern Virginia and Richmond will remain at Phase One
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Much of Virginia will enter Phase Two of Gov. Ralph Northam’s “Forward Virginia” reopening plan on Friday, with restaurants and gyms able to offer limited indoor service, the governor announced
Picking up the pieces
Richmond businesses suffer looting, vandalism during protests
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At 3:30 a.m. Sunday, May 30, Greg Milefsky stood in the middle of his store, Balance Bicycle Shop, on Richmond’s West Broad Street. The windows were broken, and the bikes
Governor declares state of emergency over protests
Richmond institutes nightly 8 p.m. curfew in response to violence, vandalism
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Following nights of heated and violent nationwide protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Gov. Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency and activated