The mayor of Roanoke invites residents to help explore private/public investment opportunities that could transform the Berglund Center into an Entertainment District.
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Cold weather countries stay warm without fossil fuels. Here’s why it’s hard for us to do the same.
Canada and Scandinavian countries rely on extraordinary amounts of hydroelectric power, along with some wind and nuclear. The U.S. doesn’t have the natural water souces they do.
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Buchanan County ponders whether $6 million will save Appalachian School of Law. Here are some questions it should ask.
The standalone private law school in Grundy has been looking at a merger with Roanoke College, but the Buchanan supervisors have a say in what happens. Here are four facts and three questions.
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Health care consultant: Spanberger’s Health Financing Task Force should seek advice from technology community
The task force should also reach out to Virginia’s tech community — proposing contests, hackathons and other ways to find new tools and consumer-friendly ways to cut through bureaucratic red tape and make the process of verifying income and eligibility as easy as possible.
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Macy and Perriello have more money than Cline and McGuire, but will new Democratic maps put them in same district?
New campaign finance reports came out overnight. Two Democratic challengers in deep red districts have more money than one Democratic challenger in a targeted district.
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Winter storm raises political temperatures: Can renewables be trusted to keep the heat on?
Fossil fuels are powering the grid through this week’s winter storm. Can battery storage replace that?
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Energy group leader: Virginia should stick with the utility model that works
Competition was supposed to lower energy costs. Instead, it has often raised them. This is because deregulation sidelines utility regulators and exposes customers to volatile energy markets that determine electricity prices.
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Republicans say Democrats want to raise taxes. Here’s a look at some of the key tax bills that have been introduced in Richmond.
Overall, the theme seems to be taxing upper-income earners more and then using that money either for programs that benefit lower-income earners or for tax breaks aimed at specific groups.
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CNU poll: Virginians would approve redistricting amendment, 51% to 43%
The survey also finds President Donald Trump’s approval rate in Virginia at its lowest level ever and concern over the economy soaring, especially among independents.
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New census stats show number of people moving into Virginia now 2.5 times the number moving out
This represents a turnaround from a decade of net out-migration, although Virginia’s numbers remain small compared to neighboring states to the South.