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Local News · Virginia · October 29, 2026

From Virginia Mercury

Amid lingering inflation from high fuel prices, 47 Virginia localities are about to ask their residents to vote on Tuesday for a ballot question that will make every retail purchase they make near their homes costlier. Interesting timing to say the least. But that doesn’t make it wrong.

Reported by Virginia Mercury, October 29, 2026. Read the full story at Virginia Mercury →

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