Brad Kutner
Richmond Bureau Chief at WVTF-FM (Roanoke, VA)
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1 week ago |
wvtf.org | Brad Kutner
Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the 2025 state budget Friday. The governor says many shared priorities were funded, but some items were removed to account for “short-term disruptions” anticipated from President Donald Trump’s federal actions. Every taxpayer in Virginia will get $200 bucks thanks to a compromise between Virginia’s Democratic leadership and Youngkin’s fresh ink on the Commonwealths’ 2025 budget.
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2 weeks ago |
wvtf.org | Brad Kutner
Two members of Virginia’s congressional delegation discussed future Medicaid cuts this week. As rumors of over $800 million in cuts swirl, Republican Morgan Griffith downplayed concerns, while Democrat Don Beyer warned of people losing their health care. Virginia’s 9th District Republican Congressman Griffith said rumors of big cuts to Medicaid were overblown.
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2 weeks ago |
whro.org | Brad Kutner
Virginia’s economy is on track to contract by the end of 2025, and new numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis showed the U.S. economy declined in the first quarter of 2025. That's according to a pair of new reports released this week. Here’s economist Eric Scorsone with the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center speaking to a quarterly economic forecast for the Commonwealth the center released this week.
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2 weeks ago |
whro.org | Brad Kutner
Virginia’s Republican candidate for Lt. Governor John Reid hit the campaign trail this weekend despite calls from Governor Glenn Youngkin to bow out. The request came after a pornographic social media account was uncovered with potential links to Reid, which the candidate denies. But that split is now playing out among Republicans. Reid doubled down on his intention to stay in the 2025 Lieutenant Governor’s race despite calls from some in his party to step down. “I’m the Republican nominee for lt.
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2 weeks ago |
wvtf.org | Brad Kutner
More Virginians are being diagnosed with substance abuse disorder, according to a report from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association. The trend started during the pandemic, and it reflects a number of important issues policy makers may consider in the future. Virginia hospitals saw an 11% increase in substance abuse disorder diagnoses, from about 57,000 a year to 64.000, over the last 5 years according to the new report.
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