There’s a new push in the General Assembly to set up a legal retail market. All the bills would allow for local referenda to ban sales. Here are possible results based on votes elsewhere.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org.
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New River Valley leads Virginia in job growth; Lynchburg and Staunton metros see GDP shrink over past decade
Those some of the findings from Old Dominion University’s annual State of the Commonwealth Report.
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The FCC wants to map broadband coverage. You have until Friday to make sure it has yours right.
Some states have complained that the FCC’s map is incomplete. Here’s how to check your address to make sure information on your area is accurate.
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Cardinal News adds reporter in Martinsville
Dean-Paul Stephens starts today. He most recently covered race and regional politics for the USA Today network, and will bring the size of our reporting staff up to five.
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Lynchburg has elected four women in a row as mayor. Here’s how unusual that is.
The Hill City is also the largest city in Virginia with a female mayor. More than a century ago, Lynchburg was a center of the suffragist movement.
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Virginia has hired a new community college chancellor. He wants to fix a disconnect between business and academia.
Virginia has just hired an educational leader who will, directly or indirectly, touch more student lives than the presidents of any of the state’s biggest universities. Here’s a little background on David Doré.
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Del. Rasoul wants to let 16- and 17-year olds vote. What would happen if we did?
There’s a national push to lower the voting age and a few places have already done so. Here’s what happened when they did.
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23 questions for 2023
What will happen in the new year? Here are some things to be looking for.
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Our year-end report to readers
In 2022, we doubled the size of our reporting staff. We are set to expand it again in 2023. All this is thanks to generous support from readers.
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Virginia needs more workers. Incorporating immigrants into workforce programs and recognizing foreign credentials could help.
A new report on the state’s immigrant population highlights how many technically skilled immigrants aren’t able to work in their field in Virginia, and makes the case that immigrants don’t know much about workforce development programs and therefore can’t take advantage of them.