Changes to Virginia law are also affecting the way that LPR technology can be used by police.
Redbird
The Northern Cardinal does not migrate. It generally lives its entire life within a mile of where it hatches. These are the stories of our home territory.
Those special stories — watchdog, narrative, data, explainer — aren’t created to sell ads, get clicks, or move product, but to move you. They won’t ‘hit you where you live.’ They’ll meet you where you live. They’ll explain what’s happening around you, telling you deeper stories about the world you live in and telling your stories to the rest of the world.
These stories get the Redbird tag. They’re stories that take time and patience, which Cardinal members provide through their support. And when they step out of the nest, they already know how to fly.
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How Virginia’s wealth works against poor rural homeowners getting FEMA aid for storm recovery
Should FEMA’s calculation be based on regional instead of statewide real estate data? Or should Virginia use its wealth to provide direct aid when disasters strike?
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62 years after Danville’s civil rights movement, both the city and the local newspapers have evolved
If mainstream media coverage in 1963 had looked different, perhaps Danville’s civil rights movement would have remained in the public consciousness in the years afterward, one journalism professor said.
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Taking root: Controlled environment agriculture and vertical farming looking up in rural Virginia
It’s an industry that’s also an ongoing experiment. Here’s an in-depth look at how rural Virginia’s climate and scientific resources are enabling a new way of growing food.
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He saw his dad ostracized for reporting on civil rights. She grew up to be the Register’s first Black reporter.
They both came of age in Danville in the 1960s. His father was a white publisher who took a stand on civil rights; her father was one of the city’s first Black reporters.
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Straightforward reporting on protests set a paper apart — and caused problems for its publisher
The Commercial Appeal quoted local and national civil rights leaders. It also covered goings-on in Danville’s Black neighborhoods.
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Civil rights protesters trusted one Danville paper — and it wasn’t the daily
The “paper of record” could make — or bury — history. But what happens when there’s another paper in town?
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Grants funded by your car insurance pay for surveillance tech in Virginia
A fund created in the 1990s to reward car theft tips now provides over $1 million a year for surveillance tech for police.
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How local police are using LPR surveillance cameras
Nearly 25% of LPR searches from one police department’s audit used “Other” as the reason to access data from over 10,000 cameras.
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Three Virginia farmers describe ‘blessings’ and challenges
Are younger farmers stabilizing an industry with an average age of nearly 60?