Plus: Gov. Spanberger taps more Southwest and Southside residents to serve on boards.
Elizabeth Beyer
Elizabeth Beyer is our Richmond-based state politics and government reporter.
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Tobacco commission’s new foundation taps Deborah Gosney as executive director
The Foundation for the Advancement of Southern and Southwest Virginia was created in May to help localities and organizations apply for state, federal and philanthropic funding.
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‘Vote NO’: Virginia bishops instruct Catholics on abortion, same-sex marriage amendments
The ballot question’s patrons called the letter, which was read from pulpits across the commonwealth, “misguided” and a “scare tactic.”
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6-year legal battle ends with restitution for families who claimed discrimination by Smith Mountain Lake campground
The owner said she wouldn’t have rented to the two couples if she’d known that the group included a Black man, according to their fair housing complaint. Each has been paid about $417,000.
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Amtrak station in Christiansburg and Rex Theatre renovation in Galax advance with new funding
Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced she had signed off on $8.4 million in funding for projects in the Appalachian Regional Commission footprint.
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Notes from the Square: Virginia attorney general forms legal unit to challenge federal overreach
Plus: Virginia to receive $353 million through Meta lawsuit settlement, and Virginia Tech gets nearly $1.7 million in federal research grants.
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Virginia won’t be able to cover federal SNAP, Medicaid funding cuts, governor warns
Gov. Abigail Spanberger issued an executive order aimed at protecting Virginians’ access to federal healthcare and food assistance programs.
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Virginians will weigh in on 3 changes to their state constitution this fall. Here’s a look at the proposed amendments.
The amendments would enshrine in the constitution the right to reproductive healthcare, including abortion; remove a ban on same-sex marriage; and restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated people.
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Notes from the Square: DCCC triples down on its push to flip the 5th Congressional District
Plus: Debates in the 6th District; Hashmi announces energy listening tour; Southwest and Southside producers win grants; emergency preparedness executive order issued; and Spanberger formally intervenes in proposed Dominion-NextEra merger.
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General Assembly launches effort to study tax exemptions, consumption tax for data centers
The effort is part of a compromise reached during biennial budget negotiations that took place in the spring.
