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Virginia Beach News January 11, 2026

Digital Download: Technology Priorities For A New Administration

As Virginia welcomes a new administration, Delegate Cliff Hayes Jr. outlines priorities for broadband, cybersecurity, AI governance, digital government, and workforce digital literacy to ensure equitable innovation and public trust statewide.
#VirginiaTech #DigitalGovernment #BroadbandAccess #Cybersecurity #AIRegulation #WorkforceDevelopment #DigitalLiteracy #StateInnovation #VAPolitics
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Virginia Beach News January 3, 2026

Utility Costs Are Rising Nationwide, Including Virginia

Utility rates are rising across the country, and Virginia residents are not immune. New data show millions of Americans facing higher electric and natural gas bills as utilities upgrade aging infrastructure, respond to extreme weather, and absorb growing demand tied to artificial intelligence data centers.
#UtilityBills #EnergyCosts #VirginiaNews #CostOfLiving #ElectricRates #NaturalGas #ClimateAndEnergy #AIInfrastructure #EconomicPressure
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Virginia Beach News December 25, 2025

Holiday Film On Lifetime Penned By HBCU Alum

Florida A&M University alumnus Gregory Anderson channels love, loss, and tradition into Deck the Hallways, a Lifetime holiday film inspired by caring for his late father, legendary HBCU professor Dr. Osiefield Anderson, whose teachings and spirit shape the movie’s emotional core. #DeckTheHallways, #HBCUExcellence, #BlackFilmmakers, #FAMU, #LifetimeMovies, #HolidayFilm, #BlackCinema, #LegacyStory
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Virginia Beach News December 16, 2025

Bookworm Review: Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide To Self-Care & Generational Healing

In Bloom How You Must, Tara Pringle Jefferson blends history, wellness, and candid guidance to offer Black women a powerful self-care roadmap rooted in legacy, resilience, and personal renewal — reminding readers that healing is both ancestral and essential.
#BloomHowYouMust #BlackWomenWellness #SelfCare #GenerationalHealing #TaraPringleJefferson #MentalHealth #SpiritualWellbeing
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Virginia Beach News December 6, 2025

VUU’s Partnership With Book Publisher Is First For HBCU

In a historic first for HBCUs, every student at Virginia Union University will now have the opportunity to contribute to professionally published work — from undergrad projects to doctoral manuscripts — thanks to a new partnership with Townsend Press and the Sunday School Publishing Board.
#VUU #HBCU #TownsendPress #BlackScholars #AcademicPublishing #HigherEd #FaithAndEducation #StudentSuccess
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Virginia Beach News November 27, 2025

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Strips Nursing of Professional Status as Black Women Across the Nation Brace for Devastating Consequences

The Trump administration’s new loan-cap rules under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” recast nursing as a non-professional degree — sharply reducing access to federal graduate loans and threatening to derail advanced nursing education, with Black women among those most likely to suffer.
#NursingCrisis #StudentLoans #OneBigBeautifulBill #HealthcareJustice #BlackNurses #EducationEquity #NursingShortage #AANews
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Virginia Beach News November 17, 2025

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

Char Adams’ new book Black-Owned traces the revolutionary journey of Black-owned bookstores from David Ruggles’ abolitionist shop in 1834 to today’s digital literary spaces. Blending history, activism, and culture, Adams reveals how these bookstores became more than retail spaces—they were hubs for liberation, creativity, and the fight to amplify Black voices.
#BlackOwnedBookstores #CharAdams #BlackAuthors #BlackLiterature #BookReview #BlackHistory #ReadingCulture #BuyBlack #SupportBlackWriters
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Virginia Beach News November 8, 2025

Partial SNAP Benefits For November Coming From Emergency Fund

In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive only partial funding for its November distribution — leaving tens of millions of Americans, including many Black families, exposed to the risk of food insecurity.
#SNAP #FoodAssistance #HungerRelief #GovernmentShutdown #EmergencyFunding #BlackCommunities #EconomicJustice #SocialAndCivicWhirl #WashingtonDC #FederalAid
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Virginia Beach News October 30, 2025

Ribbon Cutting Held for New Accessibility Ramp at Aberdeen Gardens Museum

On October 1, during the first day of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Aberdeen Gardens Historic Museum in Hampton unveiled a new ADA-compliant ramp and paved backyard pathway—thanks to funding from the Dominion Energy Charitable Fund—ensuring visitors with mobility devices can finally tour the landmark neighborhood’s story without barrier. #AccessibilityForAll #AberdeenGardens #HamptonVA #MobilityInclusion #HistoricBlackNeighborhood #ADA #DisabilityAwareness #MuseumAccess #DominionEnergy
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Virginia Beach News October 20, 2025

Book Review: A Thousand Ways To Die: The True Cost of Violence On Black Life In America

In A Thousand Ways to Die, Trymaine Lee fuses memoir, journalism, and history to expose how violence shapes Black life — physically, economically, emotionally — and how its wounds echo across generations.
#ATousandWaysToDie #TrymaineLee #GunViolence #BlackLives #Trauma #StructuralRacism #CommunityHealing #BlackHistory
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