General Assembly 2026 General Assembly nixes bills that required data centers to get SCC certificate , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury March 7, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Virginia lawmakers reach agreement for first steps to monitor PFAS in biosolids , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury March 2, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Workers, Speaker Scott criticize plan to axe data center tax exemption as budgets advance , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 28, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Senators propose phasing out data center tax credit, House budget keeps it , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 24, 2026
General Assembly 2026 What is ‘performance-based regulation’ and how can it lower utility bills? , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 23, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Legislature considers shifting power line costs from residents to data centers , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 19, 2026
General Assembly 2026 What’s alive and what’s dead at the Virginia General Assembly’s 2026 midway point , and Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury , and Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury , and Samantha Willis, Virginia Mercury February 19, 2026
General Assembly 2026 In effort to reduce animal-vehicle crashes, wildlife corridor fund bill advances to the Senate , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 18, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Lawmakers debate how to regulate data centers’ diesel backup generators , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 17, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Bill would put more energy costs on data centers, slash residential customers’ rates , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 11, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Bill to ban the use of herbicide paraquat in Va. advances with narrow vote , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 9, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Bills to bolster local emergency management personnel funding punted , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 7, 2026
General Assembly 2026 ‘We don’t want to become the dumping grounds’: biosolids bill advances , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 5, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Va. bill to boost local approvals of solar projects advances , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury February 2, 2026
Government Kiggans, Wittman seek answers after federal pause of offshore wind projects , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury January 30, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Va. state senator seeks to keep future data centers away from residential areas , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury January 27, 2026
General Assembly 2026 These bills aim to regulate Virginia data center siting, generator use and SCC oversight , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury January 19, 2026
Government Federal lawmakers try to protect Va. forests as Trump administration moves to repeal Roadless Rule , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury January 13, 2026
General Assembly 2026 What to watch as Virginia’s 2026 General Assembly returns to Richmond , and Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury , and Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury , and Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury January 12, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Environment and energy groups set priorities for 2026 legislative session , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury January 12, 2026
General Assembly 2026 Battery storage bills make a return after previous vetoes , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury January 9, 2026
Government Gov.-elect Spanberger outlines energy priorities with focus on efficiency, battery storage , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury December 19, 2025
Government At Va. journalists’ forum, Spanberger talks energy policy, combating health care concerns , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury December 12, 2025
General Assembly 2026 Democrats revive clean-energy bills as Spanberger prepares to take office , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury December 10, 2025
Government Proposed change to federal endangered species rules could impact Virginia animals , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury December 1, 2025
Government Va. House Democrats make energy efficiency a key priority for legislative session , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury November 27, 2025
Election 2025 After stinging GOP losses, Youngkin pivots to legacy and transition , and Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury November 6, 2025
Election 2025 As election nears, Democrats campaign on high utility bills, energy plans , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury October 20, 2025
Government Trash bins made from trash: Central Virginia municipalities invest in new recycling venture , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury October 17, 2025
Business Youngkin touts Henrico firm powering Virginia’s data center boom , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury October 14, 2025
Government Virginia officials assessing how federal shutdown will impact some state employees , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury October 3, 2025
Government Goochland nears approval of rezoning for data centers, power plants , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury September 30, 2025
Government Case over proposed Chesterfield gas plant begins at SCC , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury September 25, 2025
Government Proposed Chesterfield gas plant draws community objections, industry support , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury September 10, 2025
Election 2025 On the record: Abigail Spanberger , and Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury , and Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury , and Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury September 9, 2025
Election 2025 On the record: Winsome Earle-Sears , and Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury , and Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury , and Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury September 9, 2025
Education Hundreds of Va. students walk out of class in coordinated gun violence protest , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury September 6, 2025
Community Dominion proposes higher utility rates, new rate class for data centers , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury September 5, 2025
Community ‘Squash on sight:’ Virginia battles invasive spotted lanternflies , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury August 25, 2025
General Assembly Youngkin touts Va.’s $4.7 billion cash cushion, downplays Medicaid, federal workforce changes , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury , and Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury August 15, 2025
General Assembly Va. delegate proposes child opportunity accounts with data center tax money, other revenue , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury August 5, 2025
Environment Capacity auction predicts higher energy bills; Youngkin, governors air frustrations in letter to PJM , and Shannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury July 25, 2025
