Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-tries-to-block-virginias-plan-to-bring-fiber-internet-to-residents/

Opening of new wave park in Virginia Beach boosts Virginia’s reputation for surfing

https://www.dailypress.com/2025/08/14/editorial-opening-of-new-wave-park-boosts-virginias-reputation-for-surfing/

MAGA Is Coming for Legal Marijuana

https://newrepublic.com/post/199048/maga-coming-legal-marijuana

Longtime Ballet Director’s Decision To Leave U.S. Based in Part on Political Fear

https://www.roanokerambler.com/longtime-ballet-directors-decision-to-leave-u-s-based-in-part-on-political-fear/

Trump Reportedly Offering Putin Natural Resources Off Alaska Sparks Fury

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295

Steven Van Zandt: my wild tales of Paul McCartney, Keith Richards and Miles Davis

https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/steven-van-zandt-on-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-brian-wilson

Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals

https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump

Trump’s tariffs are now in place. Alcohol, a cup of joe and Toyotas are about to cost a whole lot more.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-global-cost-increase-alcohol-toyota-b2803926.html

NASA employees notified of intention to close Wallops Visitor Center

https://www.wboc.com/news/nasa-employees-notified-of-intention-to-close-wallops-visitor-center/article_ef09f97b-1ed9-45b2-b928-d6d35bcbd44a.html

GALAX, Va. — Meadow Creek Dairy, a family owned and operated dairy and farmstead cheese farm, has crafted their own unique ways of blending the right breeds to make high quality cheese.

https://americanfarm.com/articles/delmarvafarmer/fleetes-quickly-finding-their-way/

Wages have risen, but inflation in food and housing means families are struggling.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/earning-more-worse-shape-poverty-overwhelms-families-eab13800?st=V3rZc3

Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants ‘Naturally’ Inclined to Farm Labor

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-undocumented-immigrants-naturally-farm-labor-1235400420/

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation’s two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/magazine/trump-community-college-anti-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein Associate, Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas – The New York Times

https://1e3.us/4m1D5SM

73,000 Jobs Added In July—Fewer Than Expected—As Unemployment Rises

https://1e3.us/4ohyzAZ