Here’s the status of some key legislation.
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.
Posted inEconomy
Project Vital bringing millions in funding to Roanoke-Blacksburg’s life sciences
A GO Virginia-funded biotech collaboration is bringing almost $5 million to the Roanoke-Blacksburg region, to commercialize biotech research and medical device development.
Posted inEconomy
Luna to speed Nasdaq delisting process, discontinue public financial reporting
The fiber-optic company, based in Roanoke, has not filed an accurate financial statement in more than a year, leading to a suspension from the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Posted inPolitics
Fralin Biomedical officials await answers on NIH funding
The Trump administration has ordered a halt for now to National Institutes of Health grants.
Posted inPolitics
Bipartisan legislative effort seeks to regulate data center construction in Virginia
Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke recently in favor of letting localities, not the General Assembly, decide how and where to approve data centers.
Posted inEconomy
Nasdaq to delist Roanoke tech company
Fiber-optic company Luna Innovations has failed to submit financial statements, saying the numbers are unreliable.
Posted inPolitics
EV charging stations bill coming back to General Assembly
Del. Rip Sullivan is filing the bill for the fourth consecutive year to establish funding incentives for companies to place charging stations in more remote locations in the commonwealth.
Posted inNews Briefs
Then & Now: Broadband challenges continue, a high school for adults prepares to open and more
Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. Through the end of the year, we’re sharing updates on some of the people and issues that made news in 2024. This installment: a collection of education and technology updates.
Posted inPolitics
As drone sightings multiply, a Virginia Tech team is working on better ways to detect and identify the unmanned fliers
People at the Langley Air Force Base area in Hampton Roads saw drone activity there last year, but the instruments set up to detect them did not, a Virginia Tech drone expert said. Researchers want to change that.
Posted inEconomy
Appomattox County strikes deal for data center
Construction will begin in fall 2025 on a 452-acre parcel of the county’s industrial park.
