Two reports by the General Assembly’s investigative arm attempted to measure the effectiveness of different economic development incentives. Here’s what they found.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
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Ready for another election? Early voting starts today for the Aug. 4 primaries.
Here’s an overview of who’s running for what and what’s at stake.
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Natural Bridge Zoo case will lead to three separate trials, judge rules
The judge also said he’d issue a gag order against most parties involved in the case, including the attorney general’s office.
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Lynchburg Republicans allowed online voting in their nullified ‘firehouse primary.’ It was just a single vote.
The report presented to the Republican State Central Committee said the local party had allowed voting by email. Here’s the rest of the story, including the places that are experimenting with online voting.
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Dispatch from 1776: Prompted by a Virginian, Congress is about to vote on independence
If this independence enterprise fails, the word that surely applies is treason. Men in England have been hanged for less. If, though, it should succeed, Lee’s resolution will mark the start of a new era the likes of which we have not seen: A new nation upon the earth.
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2 baby giraffes missing from Natural Bridge Zoo have been recovered safely, AG’s office says
Jay Jones released no information on where or how the giraffes were found, citing an “ongoing criminal investigation” that’s been going on for more than a year.
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Data center supply chains are moving into rural areas that need jobs. This complicates the debate over taxation.
The growth of power-related manufacturing jobs tied to data centers is giving rural areas a different stake in the data center taxation debate than they’ve had previously.
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7 things to know about the Lynchburg Republican council nominations getting nullified (and how this matters statewide)
The ruling opens the door for two rival Republican slates to split the vote this fall. It may also mean that the attorney general’s inquiry into whether the party’s “firehouse primary” followed state law may be moot.
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Spanberger is in a position no Virginia governor has been in since 1918. Here’s how.
She is the first governor in more than a century who comes into office having never served in Richmond, but has to deal with a majority from her own party that’s already in place in the General Assembly.
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Illinois moves to suspend data center tax breaks. Here’s how Virginia’s compare.
Most states offer tax breaks for data centers but a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures says that “no two states are exactly alike.”
