Only nine other states are seeing more net out-migration than we are. Numerically, the problem is entirely because of people moving out of Northern Virginia.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org.
Youngkin was worried about a Ford – China deal in Pittsylvania County. Would China’s involvement really have mattered?
Gov. Youngkin nixed Virginia’s bid for a Ford electric vehicle battery plant that might have employed 2,500 people in Southern Virginia over concerns that Ford is partnering with a Chinese company that he called a “Trojan Horse” for the Chinese Communist Party.
Life after the legislature: Former Salem Del. Habeeb now helps shape policy in other ways
Former Republican legislator Greg Habeeb is now a top lobbyist for solar and cannabis interests in Richmond.
Virginia is in a race with other states to land electric vehicle battery plants
Youngkin wants more large sites in Virginia building EV batteries. So do other states. Meanwhile, the number of big battery plants available may run out. Beyond that is competition for microchip plants.
Viscose and Valleydale were never going to be factories again
The choice is whether those properties in Roanoke and Salem stay as they are and deteriorate or whether they get rehabbed into some other purpose.
The redevelopment of the former American Viscose plant in Roanoke has been unthinkable. Until now.
The proposed project has the potential to create an entirely new neighborhood in the city.
By nixing a Ford plant that was looking at Pittsylvania County, Youngkin is making a calculated bet
The governor pulled Virginia out of the running out of concern that the technology would be owned by a Chinese company.
Del. March wants to abolish the Board of Education. That would help Republicans now, but Democrats later.
The curiosity is why conservatives don’t push to elect the Board of Education or the state Superintendent of Public Instruction instead.
Youngkin proposes state study on whether UVA Wise should become a research university
Here’s what that might mean for the Southwest Virginia economy.
Most state announcements of projected new jobs don’t fully pan out, state study says
A JLARC study says only 26% of projects receiving state incentive grants lived up to their job creation goals.