The quarterly forecast from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service paints a mixed picture of the Virginia economy. GDP is expanding again but maybe not in ways that help a lot of people.
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Real estate lawyer: A data center moratorium is not data center policy
A pause is only worth something if the government that imposes it uses it. The point is to buy time to write sound rules. The risk is that the pause becomes the whole plan; a way to calm anxious constituents without doing the harder work of deciding what the rules should be.
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Spanberger has a beef with Trump over beef imports. So do some Virginia farmers.
The governor held a roundtable with beef farmers in Botetourt County on Tuesday where they discussed ways to help the beef industry.
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Foundation leader: Virginia is losing international students. America should be alarmed
The decline beginning on our campuses is about far more than tuition revenue. America risks surrendering one of its greatest competitive advantages: the ability to attract the world’s most talented people.
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When is it time for the Roanoke Valley to panic about the water levels at Carvins Cove? Here’s what the data shows.
The water levels now, while low, remain significantly higher than the two worst droughts in the past four decades. We also use less water now than we did then and have more water sources.
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Two views of the proposed Valley Link transmission line
Lori Cobos, a former utility regulator in Texas, makes the case for why the line is necessary. Christopher Miller of the Piedmont Environmental Council makes the case for why it’s not.
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The 5th Congressional District is now Virginia’s energy capital. Will McGuire and Perriello talk about what that means?
Energy issues are pressing the district from all sides, but the congressional candidates have been reluctant to talk about those.
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National security consultants: Virginia’s power grid is approaching its limit. Here’s what that means for national defense.
Virginia’s defense load — the power that keeps its military bases, defense communities and defense industry running — is approaching the limit of what the grid can reliably deliver.
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The history they didn’t teach comes back to haunt us. Why events 250 or more years ago are raising gas and food prices today.
To understand the trade war between the U.S. and Canada, we must first understand why Canada even exists. That history reveals the parts of our founding story that Americans aren’t taught. Let’s start with why five Colonies didn’t join the revolution.
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Craig County supervisor: Virginia’s broken school funding formula is hitting rural families the hardest
Craig County is currently ranked alongside more prosperous jurisdictions and is treated as more able to pay than places such as Roanoke County, Prince William County, Stafford County and Salem. That ranking does not reflect what taxpayers here can actually afford.
