The first moves in the 2025 governor’s race are happening now. None of those candidates are from this part of the state, so here’s what they should know about us.
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New migration data shows an uptick of people moving into some rural areas
Most of Virginia is seeing more people move in than move out. It’s Northern Virginia that is driving the state’s overall out-migration.
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Local newspaper editorials are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
The Virginia Press Association this year awarded no prize for editorial leadership in the community because there weren’t enough entries. This has never happened before.
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Commerce Department opens bids for regional tech hubs. Are we ready?
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has advised that Southwest Virginia would be better if it had just one bid, not multiple ones. So far, that hasn’t happened.
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Employment and labor force surge past pre-pandemic levels, reaching highest level in over nine years
Positive in-migration supports economic growth in the Roanoke region.
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Roanoke College’s hidden history: How it defied the times to attract Korean students in the late 1800s and early 1900s
The school is now hoping to renew those ties and establish a Center for East Asian Studies.
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Automatic license plate readers are a bad deal for Virginia. That’s why we already rejected them.
The General Assembly rejected two bills to allow law enforcement to use this technology. Now the Criminal Justice Services Board may bypass legislative intent.
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Del. March is the only legislator who couldn’t get any bills past her own party
The Floyd County Republican couldn’t get any bills passed by a Republican House of Delegates. Other Republican delegates with a 0 pass rate had bills passed by the House but killed by a Democratic Senate.
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Sen. Deeds says he gets more bills passed than Del. Hudson. Here’s why.
A legislator’s batting average isn’t a perfect guide to what kind of legislator they are. Here are some of the factors that go into getting bills passed.
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For ninth straight year, more people move out of Virginia than move in
New data from the Internal Revenue Service show that Northern Virginia is losing the most people, and it seems to be primarily working-age adults, not retirees.