Cardinal Staff

Youngkin announces state board appointments. Lynchburg veterinary clinic project receives $1 million gift.

From elsewhere: New marker reveals Virginia’s fraught journey to school integration. Virginia’s budget surplus grows as revenues beat expectations despite national slowdown. Report highlights community pushback stalling $64 billion in data center development nationwide.

From elsewhere: Youngkin signs bipartisan child welfare reforms and sets new goals for foster care. Salem to implement AI weapons detection system at high school. Colleagues mourn Dungannon mayor’s death.

From elsewhere: Virginia will allow for some criminal records to be sealed next year. One Meherrin solar project approved, another vote postponed. Professor, civil rights icon Owen Cardwell, who desegregated Lynchburg’s E.C. Glass, dies.

Earle-Sears says right-to-work is still under threat. Marion police chief takes top position in Blacksburg department.

Wise County nurse named Virginia’s Public Health Nurse of the Year. State opens applications for suicide prevention and opioid addiction grants. State announces new portal to report suspected adult abuse.

From elsewhere: Rocky Mount, Salem approve budget. Video shows multiple inmates attacking officers at Wallens Ridge. Virginia Tech football opener to be nationally televised.

From elsewhere: Virginia overhauls SOL testing to boost student achievement. More resignations at Virginia’s embattled Birth Injury Fund. New zone in Henrico would limit data centers to Technology Boulevard.

From elsewhere: ACLU seeks injunction to block book bans in military schools. Virginia’s development efforts get a new brand name. Amherst County officials discuss regulating battery storage facilities.