Allowing data center issues to force Virginia into a shutdown over this dispute would represent a remarkable break from the commonwealth’s longstanding tradition of fiscal governance and prudent budgeting.
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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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Commonwealth Institute researcher: Affordability hinges on ensuring data centers pay their fair share of taxes
Everyone in Virginia should pay their fair share, and the data center industry is uniquely positioned to pay more in state taxes.
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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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Patrick County doctor: Rural Virginia healthcare threatened by Washington’s math error
Nearly 500,000 community clinicians across the country are facing a collective $700 million pay cut.
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Former Hollins president: How we respond after we realize we hurt someone else is a mark of civility
A story from Nepal spanning five years shows what can happen when people go out of their way to make a situation right.
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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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Reynolds Homestead: Who gets to tell the story of a place?
Each June 19, descendants return to the property not simply to reflect on the past, but to reconnect with one another and with a place deeply tied to their family histories. They tour the grounds their ancestors once walked.
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Chamber leaders: At 2, MVP is a regional asset. MVP Boost will be, too.
As the leaders of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce, and on behalf of the 1,000-plus businesses and organizations that we represent across this great region, we think it’s important to review the facts underlying our support of the existing MVP and for the proposed MVP Boost.
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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.
