
Charlotte Woods
State Politics Reporter at Richmond Times-Dispatch
Politics Reporter @MercuryVirginia 📧 [email protected] Prev: @RTDNEWS, @cvilletomorrow
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1 week ago |
virginiamercury.com | Charlotte Woods
by Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury April 17, 2025 Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and 38 other attorneys general want Congress to pass a bill to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies, according to a letter Miyares co-signed Monday. Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, act as intermediaries between health plans, drug manufacturers and pharmacies.
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1 week ago |
virginiamercury.com | Charlotte Woods
Gov. Glenn Youngkin dubbed April 14-19 Virginia Screen-Free Week, which the governor’s administration encourages citizens of all ages to observe by reducing their time on digital devices and increasing activities that promote human connection, physical activity and improved mental health.
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1 week ago |
virginiamercury.com | Charlotte Woods
As someone with the lived experience of battling addiction — to include the criminal record that often goes hand in hand with the disease — Rachel Alderman is among the best-suited people to help others cope. Alderman is a peer recovery specialist and community health worker at the Community Health Center of the New River Valley, where she helps people overcome drug addiction.
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2 weeks ago |
virginiamercury.com | Charlotte Woods
Chesterfield County is among the fastest-growing localities in Virginia, and demand for affordable homes continues to rise there. But its local zoning ordinance has gone largely unchanged since the early 1970s — when some of its current residents weren’t yet alive. By 2019, the county decided to begin work on its zoning ordinance modernization project — colloquially called ZOMod — and it is likely to be adopted this year.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Charlotte Woods
Screenshot of Chesterfield County's draft zoning conversion map tool. Chesterfield County is among the fastest-growing localities in Virginia, and demand for affordable homes continues to rise there. But its local zoning ordinance has gone largely unchanged since the early 1970s — when some of its current residents weren’t yet alive. By 2019, the county decided to begin work on its zoning ordinance modernization project — colloquially called ZOMod — and it is likely to be adopted this year.
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