The fastest-growing part of the state is now the Richmond area. There’s also some evidence that young adults are moving into many rural areas.
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Public notices are increasingly less public. Two legislators want to change that.
Technology has changed but the law hasn’t. Senator Obenshain and Delegate Hope are pushing legislation that would allow government legal notices to be posted online.
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Del. Walker wants to make it easier for Lynchburg (or any other place) to elect its school board
Virginia was the last state to allow localities to switch to elected school boards. Twelve localities still don’t have them. Here’s the history.
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Youngkin is worried about people moving out of Virginia. Here’s how big that out-migration is.
Only nine other states are seeing more net out-migration than we are. Numerically, the problem is entirely because of people moving out of Northern Virginia.
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Youngkin was worried about a Ford – China deal in Pittsylvania County. Would China’s involvement really have mattered?
Gov. Youngkin nixed Virginia’s bid for a Ford electric vehicle battery plant that might have employed 2,500 people in Southern Virginia over concerns that Ford is partnering with a Chinese company that he called a “Trojan Horse” for the Chinese Communist Party.
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Life after the legislature: Former Salem Del. Habeeb now helps shape policy in other ways
Former Republican legislator Greg Habeeb is now a top lobbyist for solar and cannabis interests in Richmond.
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Virginians want shared solar: Lawmakers should give it to them
The program allows Virginians to “subscribe” to energy produced at small off-site solar installations, but it’s not available to everyone.
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Virginia is in a race with other states to land electric vehicle battery plants
Youngkin wants more large sites in Virginia building EV batteries. So do other states. Meanwhile, the number of big battery plants available may run out. Beyond that is competition for microchip plants.
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Viscose and Valleydale were never going to be factories again
The choice is whether those properties in Roanoke and Salem stay as they are and deteriorate or whether they get rehabbed into some other purpose.
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The redevelopment of the former American Viscose plant in Roanoke has been unthinkable. Until now.
The proposed project has the potential to create an entirely new neighborhood in the city.