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WEB2 days ago · by Lisa Rowan October 9, 2024. Sen. Mark Warner has cited some examples of artificial intelligence used during election season. A Virginia Tech professor spotlights ways to think critically about it. Cardinal News provides in-depth journalism about the politics, economy and culture of Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Lynchburg candidates talk schools, tax rates and council civility at ...
WEB14 hours ago · Council civility, better schools, tax rates and lower crime rates were all mentioned as issues the Lynchburg City Council needs to address during a candidate forum Thursday night sponsored by Cardinal News. As far as the upcoming election, which will seat representatives from each of the city’s four wards, all but one of the 10 candidates ...
State report says 7 Virginia universities should be monitored as ...
WEB3 days ago · The main driver behind this report on “Higher Education Institutional Viability” is the nation’s falling birth rate, which is about to catch up with us. Earlier this month, demographer Hamilton Lombard of the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service wrote an unrelated report on state population trends. Among the things he had to say: “Since 2007, the number of ...
Much of what we think about higher education is wrong. 14 things …
WEB2 days ago · 6. Declining enrollment at some schools doesn’t necessarily mean declining costs. Many costs are fixed no matter how students enroll: Debt service on buildings, paying to heat and cool those buildings and even many staffing costs …
Fact-checking Kaine and Cao on energy independence: Both are …
WEB4 days ago · Foreign oil imports, which were at 8.81 million barrels a day in 1977, peaked at 13.71 million barrels a day in 2005 and 2006. Last year they were down to 8.33 million barrels a day, about one big oil tanker less than in Carter’s day. The difference is that in 1977, we relied almost entirely on OPEC oil and now we don’t.
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WEBOct 4, 2024 · Kaine and Cao meet for the first time on the debate stage. by Elizabeth Beyer October 2, 2024. Sen. Tim Kaine and retired Navy Capt. Hung Cao ranged rapidly through topics including Helene damage, abortion, the Second Amendment, the economy, higher education and military recruiting. Georgia requires ballots to be hand-counted in November.
Long-term recovery from Helene comes into focus, one week after …
WEBOct 4, 2024 · Homes destroyed, power still out for thousands in Virginia, one week after Helene. As of Friday morning, 13,700 customers in Southwest Virginia were still without power. That number is a 90% improvement from the peak of the storm when 310,000 customers were without power, Youngkin said. Update: On Sunday, Appalachian Power said it had restored ...
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WEBOct 4, 2024 · by Cardinal Staff October 2, 2024. From elsewhere: Nearly 85% of Virginia schools fully accredited this year, a decrease from last year. Radford baseball coach figures flooded ballpark needs “total rebuild.”. Cargo delays expected as workers strike at East, Gulf Coast ports, including Port of Virginia.
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WEBCardinal News was created in the summer of 2021, as legacy newspapers throughout Southwest and Southside Virginia suffered additional devastating staff reductions brought on by an out-of-state corporate owner. These brutal cutbacks followed several years of belt-tightening that already had brought painful reductions to newsroom resources.