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On, April 16, Sen. Mark Warner held a roundtable with Virginia Tech President Tim Sands and others at the Carillion’s Center for Simulation, Research, and Patient Safety in Roanoke.
Apr 24, 2025

Medicaid cuts could close Virginia’s rural hospitals, Warner warns

Sen. Mark Warner warns Medicaid cuts may shutter hospitals West of Roanoke. In Virginia. That's because many rural hospitals operate in the red, and depend on Medicaid funding to keep the lights on.

Apr 24, 2025

Virginia’s future retail marijuana market likely depends on gubernatorial election

Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoes marijuana retail bill again. The outcome of this year’s gubernatorial race, between Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, could determine if marijuana retail sales are implemented.

Apr 18, 2025

This 420, Virginians can possess marijuana but still can’t buy it

Rolling into a 420 weekend seems like a good time to do an overview of Virginia’s current marijuana landscape. In 2021, Virginia became the first state in the South to legalize marijuana. If you’re 21 years old or older, you can lawfully possess up to one ounce of weed and grow up to four marijuana […]

Mar 31, 2025

Lawmakers grapple with Virginia’s increasing energy demand

Virginia faces a dilemma. Data center developers are clamoring to build in Virginia with the sort of zeal typically reserved for hipsters attempting to win admittance into secret speakeasies. Residents of some Virginia localities have fought mightily against data center growth, citing environmental concerns and increased demand for electricity, and county and state politicians have […]

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Mar 27, 2025

Governor signs landlord sexual extortion bill

RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently signed a bill that will charge landlords who threaten renters with sexual extortion with a Class 5 felony . Del. Wendell Walker, R-Lynchburg, introduced House Bill 1998 to offer renters more protection from landlords who make malicious threats such as housing or financial loss, and property damage, in […]

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Mar 7, 2025

New bill relaxes physician requirements for boxing, wrestling events

The General Assembly passed a bill making it easier for a physician to serve ringside at certain sporting events, and extending the period a promoter has to declare any earnings. Before the bill passed, physicians who examine boxers, martial artists or wrestlers before they enter the ring must have held a medical license in Virginia […]

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Feb 12, 2025

Fairfax casino bill appears to be dead, following subcommittee vote

A bill that would have given Fairfax County the right to hold a casino referendum is likely dead for the 2025 session, after passing a vote last week in the Virginia State Senate. Senate Bill 982, introduced by Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell, was passed by for the day — in other words, not passed along […]

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Feb 4, 2025

Fairfax casino legislation passes in Va. Senate

A bill to allow Fairfax County residents to hold a casino referendum passed in a Virginia State Senate vote Tuesday. The measure will next go before the Virginia House of Delegates for consideration. Senate Bill 982, introduced by Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, passed in a 24-16 vote in the Senate, along bipartisan lines, with some […]

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Jan 28, 2025

Fairfax casino bill moves forward in Va. Senate

A Virginia State Senate bill that could bring a casino to Tysons won a vote in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, pushing it forward to a full Senate vote later in the Virginia General Assembly session. If passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Fairfax County voters would have the […]

Jan 16, 2025

Microporous secures $100M federal grant toward $1.3B Pittsylvania plant

Microporous, the Tennessee company planning to invest $1.3 billion to build a battery separator manufacturing facility in Pittsylvania County, has been formally awarded $100 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, part of which will go toward the new plant. The company was among seven businesses chosen in November 2023 to receive a combined $275 […]

Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Jan. 8, 2025, discusses a winter storm that led to massive power outages, as well as a water outage affecting the City of Richmond and neighboring counties.
Jan 8, 2025

Richmond water crisis shuts down many restaurants, businesses

Jan. 9 update: Richmond starts water testing, but city remains under boil water advisory “Dry January” became all too literal in Richmond, where most city residents and businesses were struggling with a water outage that started Monday afternoon and was still leaving much of a city with a population of more than 225,000 people without […]

Dec 31, 2024

What to expect from the 2025 Va. General Assembly

The General Assembly enters the fourth year in the gubernatorial cycle with even more gridlock than usual. Democrats hold narrow majorities in both the House of Delegates and Senate, but are vulnerable to vetoes by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who begins the final year of his constitutionally mandated single term. Hopes for bipartisan compromise were […]

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