Lawmakers in both chambers sat at tables six feet apart to comply with social distancing…
Category: Virginia
Meet the welder helping decontaminate N95 masks
Artist Keith M. Ramsey was quick to say yes when Ace Callwood of VCU Ventures asked him to use his welding expertise to build frames that would be used in a pilot program to decontaminate N95 masks, which are essential
to health care workers.
Advocates disappointed by proposed delay in minimum wage implementation
Workers and advocates who urged Gov. Ralph Northam to sign a bill that would have raised the minimum wage at the start of next year were disappointed when instead a delay was proposed until May 2021. Democrats in the General Assembly passed HB395 and SB7 to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023, beginning with a raise to $9.50 on Jan. 1, 2021. Northam caved to pressure from wealthy corporate lobbyists and amended HB395 to delay the first minimum wage increase for 5 months, until May 1, 2021, noted advocates from Progress Virginia.
Riverside Health begins UV disinfection reprocessing of N95 PPE
In an effort to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers amid the nationwide…
Northam targets coronavirus spread in nursing homes, prisons
With nursing homes and long-term care facilities struggling to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,…
COVID-19: What are the risks for Va. sailors?
By Robin Bravender <https://www.virginiamercury.com/author/robin-bravender/> WASHINGTON (VM) — The COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt…
At least 46,000 just lost their jobs in Va. Now rent is due
By Ned Oliver VM- More than 46,000 suddenly unemployed workers in Virginia will face a…
Here’s what will — and won’t — change under Va.’s new stay-at-home order
VM – Gov. Ralph Northam issued a stay-at-home order for Virginians onMonday in response to…
Virginia Legal Aid Society remains open during outbreak
Virginia Legal Aid Society wants you to know that it’s remaining openduring the COVID-19 outbreak,…
Governor faces calls for special session, ‘bolder and swifter action’ on COVID-19
By Graham Moomaw VM – After adjourning a historic legislative session last week, a few Democratic lawmakers…
