Legislation is advancing through the General Assembly to restrict future data centers to industrially zoned areas. Several of the bills are aimed at helping localities manage the industry as well as temper community concerns over environmental impacts, sound, and viewshed issues around data centers. One bill looks to place data
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Democrats move package of firearm restrictions as Spanberger signals a new era on guns
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A Senate bill that would allow law enforcement to stop a vehicle solely on the odor of marijuana failed on Monday. SB 12, introduced by Sen. Bill DeSteph, R- Virginia Beach, would authorize law enforcement to stop, search, seize and issue a search warrant if the odor of marijuana creates
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Kaila Brewer, a Chesapeake mother and special education teacher, had to leave her job during the COVID-19 pandemic to care for her five-year-old son, who is autistic. Child care services were scarce at the time, and the few available could not accommodate her child’s special needs. “It was extremely
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Virginia legislators discussed options Tuesday for funding of public school renovations and maintenance projects. HB 334 would allow all counties and cities in Virginia to impose an additional local sales and use tax of up to 1%, with the revenue to be used exclusively for long-term investments in public school
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