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Kimberly Pierceall

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 Palm Springs, CA
Joined May 2009
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And there are still people waiting months in Virginia for their unemployment claims to be approved or denied. pilotonline.com/business/job…
Virginians still waiting months for unemployment benefits after waiting on hold for hours

Virginians still waiting months for unemployment benefits after waiting on hold for hours

A little more than six hours. That’s the average time unemployed Virginians waited on hold on July 30, 2020, to talk to a customer service representative about their unemployment benefits (or 22,900...

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Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) profile pictureHeather Long
@byHeatherLong5 Mar 2021
Not good: This is the chart to watch. This shows the number of Americans unemployed for over 6 months. It's still moving up. These are the people we really need to worry about. February: 4.1 million January: 4 million Dec: 4 million Nov: 3.9 million Oct: 3.5 million
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Hiding in plain sight, William & Mary building identified as New World’s oldest still-standing school for Black children pilotonline.com/history/vp-n…
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Robyn Sidersky@robynsidersky26 Feb 2021
Apple is closing its Norfolk store, reports @pierceall pilotonline.com/business/con…
Apple store at MacArthur Center mall in Norfolk to close

Apple store at MacArthur Center mall in Norfolk to close

Apple Inc. confirmed late Thursday evening it plans to close its store at the MacArthur Center mall in downtown Norfolk, but didn’t say when. An emailed statement from the company noted that Hampton...

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The Southern California News Group has unionized with @MediaGuildWest! Journalists at O.C. Register, L.A. Daily News, Daily Breeze, Pasadena Star-News, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Bernardino Sun and more, say ENOUGH! scngguild.org/
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.@GovernorVA says due to case #s falling & vaccinations rising, he’s lifting some coronavirus mitigation measures starting Monday, March 1. They include:
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Brandon Jarvis@Jaaavis24 Feb 2021
Here is a good breakdown of what major legislative pieces have passed in the GA, or where they currently stand from @La__Ley dailypress.com/government/vi…

Virginia Democrats have made sweeping changes in state laws. Here’s a look at some.

Virginia’s General Assembly adjourns Monday with Democrats boasting big changes in law that reverse many conservative policies long kept in place by Republicans who once controlled the state. It’s...

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A year after my @virginianpilot story on an incident at a VB day care, legislation to require carbon monoxide detectors in schools & day cares has passed both houses of the Va. General Assembly. pilotonline.com/government/v…
Virginia lawmakers approve bill to require carbon monoxide detectors in schools, day cares

Virginia lawmakers approve bill to require carbon monoxide detectors in schools, day cares

Legislation that will require schools and day cares in Virginia to have at least one carbon monoxide detector sailed through the state Senate Monday, sending the bill to Gov. Ralph Northam for his...

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A shirtless man chased Virginia Beach protesters with a hatchet while yelling the N-word before later hopping in his truck and driving towards a group. Manny Wilder was sentenced Thursday to 3 years in prison. pilotonline.com/news/crime/v…
Chesapeake man gets 3 years for driving truck toward Black Lives Matter protesters

Chesapeake man gets 3 years for driving truck toward Black Lives Matter protesters

A Chesapeake man was sentenced Thursday to three years in jail after he pleaded guilty to driving his truck toward a group of Black Lives Matter protesters and angrily confronting several of them...

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Ana Ley@La__Ley17 Feb 2021
.@GovernorVA just shared the news we've been waiting for at today's presser: the statewide number to call to pre-register for a COVID vaccine is 877-829-4682
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Hi Twitterverse: for the foreseeable future I will be shifting my attention to covering the coronavirus pandemic full time. Let me & my colleagues know what health-related issues you're having or anything else we should be aware of! [email protected]/757-222-5208
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Heather Long
@byHeatherLong10 Feb 2021
Wow. Fed Chair Powell says the real unemployment rate right now is "close to 10%" -->same level as the WORST point of Great Recession. "We are still very far from a strong labor market whose benefits are broadly shared," Powell says as he vows to keep interest rates low.
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Brett Hall@BrettHNews9 Feb 2021
The BEST thing you’ll see all day! “I’m not a cat.”
Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) profile pictureMikael Thalen@MikaelThalen9 Feb 2021
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter
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“Mark Berman”@markberman9 Feb 2021
I’m sorry there was almost a Catwoman movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer that was about this and we missed out on this????
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Ana Ley@La__Ley8 Feb 2021
Very welcome news, via @pierceall: The Virginia Employment Commission said it would be ready to re-launch the federal Pandemic Extended Unemployment Compensation program at 4 p.m. Tuesday, and those who qualify could see payments as early as Thursday. pilotonline.com/business/job…

Virginians who ran out of unemployment benefits could see new payments as early as Thursday

Out-of-work Virginians who ran out of jobless benefits and have been waiting several weeks for the state to revive a pandemic program that Congress reauthorized in late December will finally get some...

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I gotta let my head take a non-journalism break for a sec, but does the guy playing the editor on Dickinson bug the heck out of anyone else? (ok, that was a little bit journalism-y, too)
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Justin Pritchard@JPritchardAP4 Feb 2021
Note the pastor in this @AP investigation. He refused to apply for PPP despite pressure from diocesan officials to get “free money.” He refused based on a “sound moral conviction” that the $ was meant for businesses that might close forever without it. apnews.com/article/39a404f55…
Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid

Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid

When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte turned to the federal government’s signature small business relief...

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Ana Ley@La__Ley1 Feb 2021
Since 1608, Virginia has executed more people than any other state. It may now abolish the death penalty. pilotonline.com/news/crime/d…

Since 1608, Virginia has executed more people than any other state. It may now abolish the death...

The first recorded public execution in Virginia took place at Jamestown in 1608 — with another 1,389 people put to death in the Old Dominion since that time. But after more than 400 years, the...

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Brett Hall@BrettHNews25 Jan 2021
REMEMBER: All these people had to have appointments too. This is not first come first serve @WAVY_News
Kayla Gaskins (@KaylaGaskinsTV) profile pictureKayla Gaskins@KaylaGaskinsTV25 Jan 2021
How is the first day of vaccination phase 1B going? Busy, busy, busy! Check out this line at the VB Convention Center. More tonight on @WAVY_News
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Thank you @DPMCanty for collecting all of these in one thread so I can keep going back to them and laughing when needed! I really don't want this to ever get old, I love them too much.
Ms. Evil Succubus (@DPMCanty) profile pictureMs. Evil Succubus@DPMCanty20 Jan 2021
They should’ve never given y’all Photoshop.😂🤣😂😂
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Ryan Murphy@JournoMurph21 Jan 2021
Today, we begin publication of Dividing Lines – a project @saragregory and I been talking about with my colleagues for at least the last 2 years. Here’s the first big piece – a bird’s-eye-view of how Norfolk is still deeply segregated by race. pilotonline.com/projects/div…
Dividing Lines: How Norfolk remains deeply segregated, in 8 maps

Dividing Lines: How Norfolk remains deeply segregated, in 8 maps

You can see Norfolk’s racial divisions from ground level and — even more clearly — from above.

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