With the Virginia redistricting fight over for now, the people of Virginia are still left waiting for the budget that should have passed on March 14.
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In the Roanoke Valley: Roanoke City Council to vote on rezoning and Evans Spring; Roanoke County to hold greenway ribbon-cutting and final housing study webinar
The Roanoke City Council, during its Monday meeting, will consider recommendations made by the planning commission in April on two items.
Posted inNews Briefs
Headlines from across the state: Sen. Lucas says she still doesn’t know why the feds raided her businesses; more …
From elsewhere: Smyth County commonwealth’s attorney calls assault weapon ban “unconstitutional.” Dan Snyder to list Northern Virginia estate again, this time for $49.9 million. State contractor sentenced for embezzling from charity drive.
Posted inOpinion
Millions of dollars later, Virginia’s redistricting drama ends with a single, bland sentence from the U.S. Supreme Court
Three things to know about what the court did and what comes next.
Posted inPolitics
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Virginia’s appeal; redistricting is dead
The move means the districts Virginia has had since the 2022 elections remain in place.
Posted inEconomy
Appalachian Power plans upgrades to serve Google data centers in Botetourt
The electric utility plans to hold an open house on June 3 to provide more information.
Posted inPolitics
Spanberger signs bill to prohibit assault weapons; NRA and Virginia organizations sue
Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation to halt the manufacture, sale or transfer of assault weapons and magazines with a capacity of 15 rounds or more. The law is slated to take effect July 1 and does not require gun owners to relinquish weapons they already own.
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Judge dismisses case to remove Martinsville mayor from office
The civil recall petition was filed in January.
Posted inHealthcare
Healthcare providers say AI helps them focus on patients. But it also raises questions about privacy, security and the role of humans in medicine
Four out of five doctors report using artificial intelligence in the workplace for tasks such as note-taking, communicating with patients and conducting research.
Posted inOpinion
Virginia’s biggest metros and North Carolina’s biggest metros are headed in different directions economically. Why?
Nowhere else in the country do we have this kind of contrast, where one state is seeing its two biggest metros lose jobs while next door a neighboring state is seeing its two biggest metros gain jobs.
