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网页2024年9月12日 · BY: Markus Schmidt - September 9, 2024. The rift between Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and party officials in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District widened further over the weekend after the Republican nominee failed to attend the district’s GOP committee meeting in Farmville on Saturday.
Youngkin joins "energy choice" coalition with other Republican ...
网页1 天前 · Gov. Glenn Youngkin has joined a group of nine other Republican governors who are advocating for “energy choice,” intending to “ minimize permitting and other regulatory barriers” and “limit expensive energy mandates,” among other goals. Some clean energy advocates said the term is a euphemism for the continued use of natural gas that pollutes the planet and drives climate change.
State emergency department audit finds $33 million deficit, $4 …
网页22 小时之前 · Key findings in the audit revealed in a presentation on Wednesday included multi-million dollar contracts that bypassed state procurement rules by being routed through a Regional EMS Council and dedicated rescue squad funding used to cover costs for a symposium, inflated operating expenses and EMS-related technology.
Marijuana will be legal in Virginia on July 1. Here’s what is and isn’t ...
网页2021年4月7日 · This story was originally published on April 7, 2021, and was updated June 24, 2021. On July 1, Virginia becomes the first state in the South to legalize marijuana. “The time has come,” said House Majority Leader Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, as the legislation she sponsored passed earlier year. It’s a development that even the most […]
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网页2024年1月1日 · 1. Virginia Democrats triumph in statehouse elections, reducing Youngkin’s power. The rest of the country may already be fixated on the 2024 presidential election, but Virginians were clearly more concerned with who they were sending to Richmond for the last two years of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The 2023 General Assembly races ...
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网页2022年12月30日 · In 2020, three were killed and 46 were injured in Virginia mass shootings. Nearly half of 2022’s deaths occurred this fall. They include the Nov. 13 slaying of three University of Virginia football players on a bus returning from a class trip to Washington. A fourth player was wounded and a female student was also injured.
Richmond mayor candidates’ ideas on housing and how the state …
网页4 天之前 · Richmond’s five candidates for mayor — Andreas Addison, Danny Avula, Michelle Mosby, Maurice Neblett and Harrison Roday — share their ideas on this front, including dedicating more money to existing land trust funds, supporting updated zoning that will foster the development of more housing and diversify housing types, and furthering ...
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网页2024年8月20日 · Police search for owners of emu wandering around Roanoke and more Va. headlines BY: Staff Report - August 23, 2024 • “Blacksburg’s Liam Watson, facing election fraud charges, nixes leave of absence from town council.”—Roanoke Times • “Northern Va. man pleads guilty to making and possessing toxic ricin.”—WJLA • “VCU Police launch campaign to improve pedestrian safety ...