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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco

@dawnthea.bsky.social
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Managing editor, VPM News | dplisco@vpm.org | she/her, 🇵🇭, multiple sclerosis | it's dimple, like DMPL

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/01/2026
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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VPM News @vpm.org · 26/01/2026
And you can also check out the VPM Daily Newscast. That's our daily newscast that publishes every weekday morning. You can catch up with previous episodes right here ⬇️
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VPM News @vpm.org · 26/01/2026
We will still be off the air tomorrow morning, but you can stay connected with the latest VPM News offerings by signing up for our Morning Monitor newsletter! Sign up for the newsletter below ⬇️
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Stay Connected to What Matters
Discover VPM's diverse programming, including news, podcasts, videos, and live streams. Stay informed and engaged with content that sparks conversation and inspires empathy.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
me: you're sure gonna be glad you're inside with us soon buddy. there's supposed to be a foot of snow today. what would you do out there?? you're not even a foot tall! Adonis:
orange cat looking seriously at the camera
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VPM News @vpm.org · 22/01/2026
On Tuesday — the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration — Huguenot High students walked out of class to protest the actions of US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the Trump administration’s broader immigration enforcement agenda.
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Huguenot High students walk out to protest immigration enforcement
Organizers of the protest say fear and tension fill the school’s halls.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 23/01/2026
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking to buy a warehouse in Hanover County and convert it into an immigrant processing facility. The move comes amid increasing ICE activity in Virginia, including an uptick around Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger's inauguration last week.
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ICE wants to use Hanover warehouse for immigrant processing
County officials have 30 days to respond to the federal agency.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 24/01/2026
FEMA has declared a state of emergency in Virginia ahead of the storm. "We are able to receive direct federal supplies where necessary for the purposes of health, health and safety of our fellow Virginians," Gov. Abigail Spanberger said.
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'Dangerous to devastating' ice levels likely in Virginia due to winter storm
Updated Saturday: FEMA declares state of emergency in Virginia.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 24/01/2026
Despite what a post said on the Charlottesville subreddit, a local Waffle House will be open through the winter storm. Shelley Herring, who works in customer service at the location, said the restaurant will be open this weekend. “We are nonstop, 24/7,” Herring told VPM News on Friday.
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Ahead of the storm, business as usual at Charlottesville's Waffle Shop
The "Waffle House Index" is frequently used to gauge the severity of weather conditions in the South.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 21/07/2025
Waypoint writers quit over removal of articles related to new Steam policy aftermath.site/waypoint-quit-...
A webpage on the site Vice reading "Not Found. We’re sorry, the page you’re looking for could not be found. Please use your browser’s ‘Back’ button or use one of the navigation links on this page."
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
...so how was your week, bluesky? #protectmypublicmedia
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VPM News @vpm.org · 18/07/2025
Questions about this article and VPM News’ overall editorial policy should be directed to Managing Editor Dawnthea M. Price Lisco (dplisco@vpm.org) and News Director Elliott Robinson (erobinson@vpm.org).
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Virginia public media stations brace for impact of federal funding cuts
UPDATED: Several outlets, including VPM, expect to scale back local programming.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 18/07/2025
Congress will claw back $1.1B from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. VPM, which is a PBS and NPR affiliate, will lose more than $2.5M over the next two years in lost funds. VPM President Jayme Swain says the cuts could result in the loss of Central Virginia local programming.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 18/07/2025
Congress has voted to claw back $9 billion in funding for various aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that President Donald Trump is expected to approve. But what, who and where, exactly, would be impacted by the funding loss in Virginia? www.vpm.org/news/2025-07...
A map of Virginia showing public media stations who all stand to lose money due to federal cuts to Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 16/07/2025
P.S. – This Curious was tough to answer! The commonwealth's rules are very layered and the answer varies *extremely* by location and office. If there's a ballot initiative or type of elected office you're curious about (ha) and we didn't get to it, please let us know! — @dawnthea.bsky.social
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VPM News @vpm.org · 16/07/2025
~50% of the US provides citizens with a path to change laws via voter initiatives — or recall their elected officials. A Goochland County listener asked @whittneye.bsky.social whether Virginia is one of them. www.vpm.org/news/2025-07... #publicmedia #audiencepowered #curiouscommonwealth
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Curious Commonwealth asks: How does Virginia do referendums and recalls?
The answer depends on the ballot, office and location.
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Hey wait I work there
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Megan Carnes 🎃👻 @magmacranes.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Here's the source for this btw! www.expedition33.com/post/composi...
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Lorien Testard | Composing the Music of Expedition 33
Meet Lorien Testard, composer for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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Megan Carnes 🎃👻 @magmacranes.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I think calling him "some guy off soundcloud" really discounts the massive amount of work he put into making a huge portfolio specifically of the kind of music he wanted to write for video games. He wasn't some dude with a few tracks up that the game director randomly found
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I love my job as the guy who adds a fake “keep me signed in” checkbox to every website that does nothing
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 06/05/2025
"In the Dark" is such superb reporting. Each season is better than the last. I highly recommend listening! It's exciting to see a team of skilled women getting their deserved recognition.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 06/05/2025
A spokesperson for VPM Media Corp. told VPM News that VPM had received $75,000 for the federal fiscal year running from Oct. 1, 2024–Sept. 30, 2025, but it was not yet clear how much of that money was still left to spend as of Friday, May 2 — the effective termination date of the grant.
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Breaking: VPM loses funding from federal ‘Ready to Learn’ grant
RTL helped popularize kids shows like Dragon Tales and Between the Lions.
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Opossum Pictures 🤖 @opossum.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Opossum picture: 650.jpg
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
This is going to be way more interesting to me next week but rn I just did my DISHES and boiled some PASTA and then I'll do some LAUNDRY
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VPM News @vpm.org · 11/01/2025
So, what's next? You gotta flush those pipes. You should also flush out appliances like washer machines and dishwashers, as well as your ice makers and refrigerator water dispensers.
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Here’s how to flush your pipes now that the water boil advisory has been lifted
Virginia Department of Health, city of Richmond have tips.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 11/01/2025
HEY CITY OF RICHMOND! YOU HAVE POTABLE WATER AGAIN! The boil water advisory has been lifted in the Greater Richmond area, also including the counties of Hanover, Henrico and Goochland, which have been under boil water advisories this week.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 11/01/2025
The city of Richmond will undergo a review of the events that led to the water system failure and soon would announce the details of that process, according to Mayor Danny Avula. Avula and Gov. Glenn Youngkin have publicly discussed beginning investigations into what led to the city’s water outage
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Boil advisory lifted for Richmond, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico
Avula discusses backup power, business closures and potential investigation during Saturday press conference
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Shaban @theshabomb.com · 26/12/2024
It was really really really really hard to pick the most memorable photos from this year. But here are 4 of 50 pictures from @vpm.org. The best part: collaborating with my talented colleagues on so many interesting stories. Thank you to all who made this year memorable. www.vpm.org/news/2024-12...
A young man, with no arms or legs sits in front of his art A
Man holding large scissors A picturesque landscape of central Virginia A loving moment between a proud mother and son
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Beato Ortiz Hernández was born with the tortilla. As a kid in the Mexican state of Guerrero, they were never missing from a meal. But tortillerias were hard to find when he immigrated to Richmond in 2000. So he made his own. WATCH @vpm.org www.vpm.org/news/2024-12... #rva #lamixteca #henrico
Tortillas roll on a belt as a worker oils the machine
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VPM News @vpm.org · 20/12/2024
Seniors are especially vulnerable to food insecurity because many are living on fixed incomes and have to cover medical expenses — something state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi wants to address through a proposed budget amendment that would increase the minimum SNAP benefit to $50 a month for recipients 60+.
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Senior hunger a ‘hidden crisis in the commonwealth’
Virginia lawmakers call for SNAP benefit increases as the solution.
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We went to Costco Without a real shopping list This is a haiku
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VPM News @vpm.org · 05/12/2024
Joe Rossetti runs the Virginia Department of Forestry’s Hardwood Initiative, a program that connects landowners with foresters who will help them create a management plan for their properties. It also offers a cost share and tax credit for certain management work.
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Room to grow: Cutting the forest of the future
Can we change forestry practices in time to save declining eastern hardwood species?
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Jahd Khalil @jahd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Since this summer Megan and I have been looking into VCU’s response to student protests for @vpm.org . Here’s the story, and some interesting findings below: buff.ly/3OFuAh1 📸: @theshabomb.com
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Records: Pro-Palestine demonstrations drove university policy changes
A majority of Virginia’s public universities have tightened rules on students’ use of campus space.
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Meghin Moore @meghin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Some good news: If you follow @myvpm.bsky.social on reddit, chances are high that it's me or @dawnthea.bsky.social behind the posts. We chatted with America Amplified's Alisa Barba about how we're using Reddit to reach an audience where they are!
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America Amplified
How VPM News and other America Amplified partner stations boosted engagement numbers by answering questions on Reddit
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
apologies in advance — I generally follow back, but am having trouble combing through 100s of follows at once. I don't understand how anyone does this for a living
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VPM News @vpm.org · 14/11/2024
Richmond Marathon weekend is...almost here! Some roads are set to close as early as 5 p.m. TONIGHT. Here's a list of road closures you should know about ahead of the big race:
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Police announce road closures for 2024 Richmond Marathon
Some roads set to close as early as 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Shaban @theshabomb.com · 14/11/2024
If you wanna know and see what I’ve been up to go here: www.vpm.org/people/shaba... (I need a new headshot)
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VPM News @vpm.org · 14/11/2024
Last month, VPM News and RVA's Got Issues ran a series ahead of the Richmond mayoral race called "Who's Got Your Vote?" RGI host Rich Meagher met up with mayor-elect Dr. Danny Avula to see what's next for him and the city (and his start date?)
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RVA's Got Issues presents: "Who's Got Your Vote" with Mayor-elect Danny Avula
Richmond's next mayor sat for his first in-depth interview since Election Day.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 14/11/2024
Next year will be the first time since 2002 that Virginians have had both a Republican president and governor. Read more from @jahd.bsky.social on why there are many institutional reasons why a Republican in both Richmond and Washington don’t necessarily mean a massive change in state-level policy.
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Youngkin, Scott downplay potential Trump effects on Virginia policy
The biggest changes would come from cuts to federal grants, contracts.
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
This is why btw
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VPM News @vpm.org · 08/11/2024
Oh hey! It's US! Allow us to reintroduce ourselves...because there's a lot more folks on this site now! We're VPM News, bringing you news from Central Virginia (and beyond). Our news editor made a list of all our staffers on here, in an easy to use STARTER PACK.
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Oh god hello everyone I found out why like 30 of you followed me. I guess I use bluesky again now
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Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira @mausellmoli.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
If you go high, you can’t see how low they go: how misinformation has shaped, distorted and reinforced minority communities’ worldview in the US — practically unchallenged.
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Dawnthea M. Price Lisco @dawnthea.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
What did you do this week? I wrote a trilingual obituary.
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ELLIOTTrobinson @exit265c.com · 27/12/2023
"From 1993 until around 2005, a civil war tore through Burundi forcing many — including my family — to flee east to Tanzania," Shaban Athuman, @myvpm.bsky.social's photographer, writes. He is in the first generation born in a refugee camp. He shares from his trip to rediscover home.
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Iwacu: A journey to rediscovering home
It means "my home" or "our home." Burundi is one of mine.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 03/01/2024
Each month, city restaurants pay a self-reported tax of 7.5% that’s used to support public schools. Contrasting with other local governments — like Hanover and Henrico counties — restaurant owners said Richmond does not automatically notify them if they’re late or miss a tax payment.
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Richmond restaurants dispute thousands in meals tax penalties
The city’s finance department has a recent history of irregularities.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 11/10/2023
Just a year after expressing concern about one of the companies that wants to bring a casino to Richmond, Unite Here, a hospitality workers union, has thrown its weight behind the proposal, knocking doors using nearly $1 million from the pro-casino political action committee.
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How Richmond's unions are supporting the casino question
In 2022, Unite Here opposed a second Southside casino vote. Now, it's knocking on doors for Richmond Grand.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 09/10/2023
It's the third time that Richmond officials have attempted to put a casino referendum to a vote. What’s different about this time? Some history: In 2021, voters rejected a very similar, but not identical proposal by a narrow margin, with a 51% to 49% split against a casino.
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Breaking down Richmond’s (second) casino referendum
It's the third time city officials have attempted to put it to a vote. What’s different?
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VPM News @vpm.org · 10/10/2023
Looking for a guide on how to vote in the upcoming Virginia general election in November? We've got you covered, no matter how you choose to vote 🗳️ Just remember one thing ➡️ Metallica be like: my lifestyle determines my votestyle🤘🏻
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How to vote in Virginia: A 2023 VPM voter guide
From mail-in ballots to same-day registration, officials say there's a voting style for every lifestyle.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 04/10/2023
As Virginia's state malacologist (also known as a mollusk scientist) said, “You cannot come close to addressing the needs with 2 biologists.” But, 2 agencies can come together to help protect the green floater mussel — a species under consideration for federal protection www.vpm.org/news/2023-10...
a meme of two muscled people. the left arm represents the department of wildlife resources. the right arm represents the fish and wildlife service. their hands have come together in support of green floater mussels.
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