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Fairfax Community Gathers to Address Hate Crimes

Leaders from Jewish and Muslim institutions spoke to about 250 Fairfax County residents who packed the cultural center at Northern Virginia Community College’s Annandale campus Sunday to discuss how to combat hate crimes and speech. Concerns over an uptick in hate crimes both in the Fairfax County area and across the U.S. promoted officials and religious leaders to hold the meeting.

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McLean Makes Bloomberg's 100 Richest Places List

McLean residents are among the country's top earners, according to Bloomberg's 100 Richest Places. McLean's 2015 average household income for 2015 was $268,997, which rose by more than $3,400 from 2014.

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Medicaid Expansion Debate Revived by Virginia Governor
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe introduced a budget amendment today to expand Medicaid in the Virginia as the retraction of Republicans' federal healthcare reform keeps the Affordable Care Act in place. McAuliffe also vetoed a bill that would have rolled back state laws to pre-Obamacare years.

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