Lawmakers pledge increased public parking at Va. Capitol

By The Associated Press
October 12, 2018 | 5:51 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Top lawmakers are pushing for more public parking as part of a $300 million makeover of Capitol Square.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that House Speaker Kirk Cox and Senate Rules Chairman Ryan McDougle issued a statement Tuesday that they were seeking “significantly increased capacity” for public parking in the plans’ designs.

State officials recently unveiled plans for a new parking deck that included 500 parking spots meant for state employees only, but said the plans could change.

Lawmakers have directed the clerks of the House and the Senate to work with the Department of General Services to explore ways of increasing public parking the design plans.

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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.richmond.com

One attack, many Americas: Why 9/11 and its many griefs land differently 25 years later

By The Associated Press
September 7, 2026 | 8:47 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated through every part of the United States in communities large and small, tearing at Americans' sense of safety and their place in the world. Hearts were broken across the nation, not just of those who lost their loved ones but among strangers who mourned for them, the Sept. 11 attacks leaving no one unaffected in an unwanted moment of horrifying togetherness. A quarter of a century later, the effects linger. We all live in a post-9/11 world, with its security strictures and surveillance. But here's the thing: Americans don't all live in the SAME one. What the attacks and their aftermath have come to mean isn't a single viewpoint shared by everyone, for reasons chronological, political and personal. It's a tapestry of meaning and grief as varied as the nation in which 9/11 took place.

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