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Youngkin Wants To Further Loosen Hiring Requirements For Health District Directors
An amendment sought by Gov. Glenn Youngkin would significantly loosen criteria on who could lead local health departments.
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Commentary Centers On The Energy Controversy In Virginia
Natural gas is having a moment. The war in Ukraine spotlighted Europe's heavy reliance on Russian gas, and the challenge of replacing it.
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Raising The Minimum Wage For Municipal Employees Is Mulled
Norfolk's top administrator wants to raise the minimum wage for municipal employees by an eye-popping $6 an hour, to $18.
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Va. Supreme Court Shields Records On Suspension Of Judge At Center Of Parole Board Controversy
A 4-2 vote, the Supreme Court of Va., refused to unseal judicial disciplinary records detailing why a Virginia Beach judge was suspended.
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Why Virginia Officials Ruled The Parole Board Leaks Don't Count As Whistleblowing
A former state investigator accused of leaking confidential information about the parole board acknowledged being “ultimately responsible."
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Virginia House Committee Advances Youngkin's Gas Tax Holiday, Rejects $50 Rebates
Virginia legislators took their first vote Tuesday on the gas tax holiday proposed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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Virginia Will Begin Monitoring Air Pollution Around Hampton Roads Coal Terminals
The southernmost tip of Newport News, where the James River makes its last turn before meeting the Chesapeake Bay, is never still.
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Virginia Records Highest Number Of Crash Fatalities; More Headlines
Virginia recorded its highest number of crash fatalities on state roads since 2007 last year, and crash deaths appear to be increasing.
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Possibly Dangerous Outcomes Of Book-Banning Are Centered On In Commentary
(The author, Erica Goldberg, is an associate professor of law at the University of Dayton.)
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Gill Lice Detected For First Time In Virginia Trout
Native brook trout in Virginia appear to be out of harm's way when it comes to the detection of a nasty aquatic parasite called gill lice.
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Muddled Vehicle Regulations, Varying Tests Don't Add Up In Virginia -- Commentary
Virginia's new Secretary of Transportation Sheppard Miller publicly declared his belief that flying cars will be a reality within 15 years.
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Montpelier Staff Fired After Supporting Descendants Group, And More Virginia Headlines
“Several senior staff members at James Madison's historic Montpelier estate lost their jobs Monday, in what they called retaliation."
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Youngkin Administration Sets Stricter Runoff Rules For Solar Farms
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality abruptly rolled out major changes recently to how Virginia will manage stormwater runoff.
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Can Patrick County Save Its Local Hospital?
At first, Wren Williams just wanted to study if re-opening the hospital was feasible.
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Pence's Conservative Politics Linked By Students To "Brutality Of Neo-Nazi Thugs" From Deadly 2017 Charlottesville Riot
A college campus is the last place where the free expression of ideas and robust debate about them should be inhibited.
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15th Anniversary Of Virginia Tech Shooting, More Va., Headlines
Over the weekend, Virginia marked the 15th anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, in which 32 were shot dead.
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Youngkin Vetoes Bill Imposing New Rules For Truckers In Snowstorms
The only piece of Virginia legislation inspired by the prolonged shutdown of Interstate 95 during a January snowstorm appears to be stalled.
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Lawsuit Challenges Virginia Right To Retrieve Law For Hunting Dogs
Three Virginians and a company are suing Virginia's Department of Wildlife Resources over the state's controversial Right to Retrieve law.
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Election Administration, Processes "Stuck In A Previous Era" In Virginia, Author States
(By Scott Konopasek, a former general registrar and director of elections in Fairfax County. He also urges reforms.)
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‘Sitting On A Time Bomb': Mobile Home Residents At Risk In Red-Hot Housing Market
The specter of gentrification hovers over Virginia, the report indicates, and mobile home residents could face a difficult choice.