The court found in favor of Norfolk Southern against Cox Communications, saying that a recent state law meant to streamline broadband expansion unconstitutionally allows privately owned cable providers to take railroad property for nonpublic use.
Tad Dickens
Tad Dickens is technology reporter for Cardinal News. He previously worked for the Bristol Herald Courier and The Roanoke Times and likes to bang on his drums when he can. Reach at tad@cardinalnews.org or 540 293-6018.
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Senators including Virginia’s Warner push Trump to release broadband deployment funding
A dozen Democratic U.S. senators say that the Trump administration’s delay in implementing a Biden-era broadband expansion law threatens to leave underserved communities behind.
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Trump administration’s cancellation of internet access grants will cost Southwest and Southside Virginia, officials say
President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act “racist,” “unconstitutional” and a “woke handout.” A former Biden administration official who helped lead the program it created said it would have benefited mostly white residents.
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Pulaski company’s $1.3 million poultry poop proposition
MOVA Technologies is one of nine companies in the state participating in a ‘Pay-For-Outcomes’ $19 million grant.
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Virginia Tech researchers look to tackle clean hydrogen production
Drawing hydrogen from methane emits carbon dioxide pollution. A project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission aims to turn the carbon into a usable solid.
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Luna Innovations, former executives agree to $7.3 million settlement with shareholders
A lawsuit filed in April 2024 claimed that the Roanoke-based company and its executives inflated share prices, which fell precipitously after Luna announced that those statements were unreliable.
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Youngkin vetoes bill to require site assessments for data centers
The bill would have mandated examining sound volume within 500 feet of schools and residences, along with measuring potential effects on ground and surface water, agriculture resources, parks, registered historic sites and forest land on or around proposed facilities.
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Wise County native is leading an old-school internet company into a new era
Onetime dial-up behemoth EarthLink has reemerged in the 21st century under the leadership of Glenn Goad. The Atlanta-based company has opened a call center in Norton, for marketing and customer service.
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Luna Innovations, former executives agree to settle lawsuit with shareholders
A final settlement involving the Roanoke-based tech company is due by May 5 in a California federal court.
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Senator, biotech leaders gather in Roanoke to brainstorm in face of government cuts
Sen. Mark Warner floated the idea of rebates to taxpayers on profits that come from university research.
