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A coalition of payday lenders is challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was set up in a way to make sure its funding source is protected from Congress. Now consumer advocates here in Virginia who have worked against payday loans, car title loans and high-interest online loans, they’re worried about what might happen if the court rules against the bureau.

Almost 400 book titles have been challenged this year in Virginia, according to the American Library Association. Advocates for free expression in literature say the recent trend of people challenging a list of books they got off the internet poses a real threat

Voting started last month, and so many people will have already voted when television commercials are airing and direct mail is arriving Virginia's 45 days of early voting is a recent development, and one that hasn't seemed to change much of how campaigns operate--but should it?

TRIVIA: What was the name of the Toni Morrison book that Tom Garrett read on the Senate floor in 2016. Here’s a hint: It’s NOT “Beloved.”

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