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Legislature Delays Minimum Wage Increase Amid Budget Concerns

The delay will push the first statewide minimum wage increase back by four months, to May 2021; some lawmakers view this delay as the lesser of two evils. Labor advocates and Virginia legislators worried the recently passed bill to increase minimum wage might die...

Best Of VA Missed Connections April 22 – April 28

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where quarantine seems to be eroding some people's grasp on reality. I mean, I know witches are real, both of the Wiccan and pagan varieties. But if you're looking to change your age and/or gender, that's not really how...

Attorneys General Want Restrictions Eased For Gay Men Donating Blood

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring joined 19 other state Attorneys General in asking the US Department Of Health to ease restrictions on LGBTQ blood donation. Discriminatory policies dating back to the early days of the AIDS crisis continue to place restrictions...

Bean Weatherford’s Refried Country

Plans for the release of his new album, Refried, were derailed by coronavirus, but Bean Weatherford isn't letting quarantine stop the music. Home. Love. Emotion. Those are three words that come to mind while listening to Ashley "Bean" Weatherford’s new solo album,...

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You’re Jovian Is Here To Stay

With the 10th anniversary vinyl reissue of their debut album, Stereochronic, Norfolk indie rockers You're Jovian are restating their fundamental sound even as they continue to push into new sonic territory. We spoke to frontman Elliott Malvas about the group's history...

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Fight Isolation With The Mommyheads

Long-running New York indie pop quartet The Mommyheads are playing Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House tonight, on tour to support their brand new album, Age Of Isolation. Their lush melodic sound is sure to bring the city together. It's an auspicious night here...

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The Visual Splendor of Anime Ink

Anime Ink, a convention celebrating anime, tattoos, and anime tattoos, as well as many related elements of pop culture, took over the Greater Richmond Convention Center this past weekend, for the first time since before the pandemic. Fans flocked to the gathering; our...

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