Rivers Portsmouth Gaming LLC, the operator of Rivers Casino Portsmouth, made a $25,000 donation on June 8, 2026, to the Underground to Uplift PAC....

The author has just finished reading a news story by Markus Schmidt, the prolific journalist who writes for the Virginian-Pilot. This was a reprinting of an article that Mr. Schmidt had written for the Virginia Mercury, his employer.

For years, loads of cash, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, have bolstered migrant resettlement services, often administered by faith-based nonprofits.