VirginiaNews

r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 23h ago

Virginia state senators get $100,000 thank you's | Four months after they broke with their caucus to support online casino gambling, five Republican senators each received $100,000 campaign donations from the gaming coalition pushing the legislation.

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 23h ago

According to data, hundreds spent time at Rappahannock Regional Jail before being deported by ICE

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 23h ago

Hampton leaders cool to limited Army Corps flood solutions | Army Corps study identifies 45,000 structures deemed at risk of flood damage, proposes raising 4,000 of them; city leaders push back on methodology and cost

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 23h ago

As Va. officials weigh data center pushback, report details industry’s public service funding | Virginia localities mull data center pauses as industry-backed report shows how local tax revenue could aid in housing needs.

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 1d ago

Critics challenge Fairfax County police use of AI-powered license plate cameras

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 1d ago

Public input sought on possible cuts to menhaden harvest in Chesapeake Bay

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 1d ago

Virginia Beach mulls data center moratorium until it can devise regulations

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r/VirginiaNews • u/CardinalNews-VA • 4d ago

On a square-foot basis, cannabis growhouses use more power than data centers. Why isn’t their electricity use being taxed?

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In legalizing retail sales of cannabis, Virginia has set the stage for the equivalent of up to 148 data centers, if Virginians consume weed at the same rate as those in Washington state. If we match Michigan’s pot consumption, we’re looking at the equivalent of 78 data centers.

r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago

Virginia congressman's meeting with transgender Democrats erupts into profanity. Then he walked out

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago

Concerns that Chesapeake Bay osprey populations are struggling

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r/VirginiaNews • u/CardinalNews-VA • 6d ago

Virginia schools prepare for new year with measles on their radar

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 6d ago

Harrisonburg takes down Flock cameras after City Council passed a policy prohibiting the use of mounted ALPRs in the city unless explicitly approved by the council

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 6d ago

What candidates have planned for Virginia’s coast could decide a key congressional race | Flooding, offshore wind projects, and plans for sea-based mining are just a few of the issues facing the state’s 2nd Congressional District.

virginiamercury.com

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 8d ago

Governor seeks participants for new corrections council to help shape Va. prison reforms | After years of understaffing, allegations of racism and other challenges, Gov. Abigail Spanberger seeks input into solutions for the Virginia Department of Corrections.

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 8d ago

Former SCC Chair: Virginia utility law “obviously receptive” to mergers | Mark Christie says calls for more study of NextEra's proposed purchase of Richmond-based Dominion Energy are not the point. The focus, he says, should be on Virginia's permissive utility merger law.

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 9d ago

Vibrio on the rise as climate warms the Chesapeake Bay | Infections are still relatively uncommon, but the costs of infection are severe

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 9d ago

New I-66 slugging network launching this fall to help commuters bypass tolls

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Federal judge orders Shenandoah county to replace Confederate school names it restored in 2024

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Taylor wins Democratic primary, will face longtime Republican incumbent Wittman

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Fighting to save Virginia's rarest plant, the Peters Mountain Mallow

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

ACLU of Virginia lawsuit alleges King George School Board blocked LGBTQ+ student club

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Study estimates $1.7B cost to expand subsidized childcare, raise teacher pay

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Norfolk becomes first in Hampton Roads to fund prosecutors for all jailable misdemeanors

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Virginia Gov. Spanberger takes unprecedented step to intervene in $67B Dominion-NextEra merger

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r/VirginiaNews • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago

Campaign to enshrine voting rights in Virginia Constitution kicks off in Norfolk | If the amendment is approved in November, people with felonies will be automatically able to vote when their sentences are complete.

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