Gov. Abigail Spanberger has 10 days left to act on bills sent back to her after the April 22 reconvene session.
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Cardinal News covers the political issues facing Southwest and Southside Virginia
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Gov. Spanberger does not support replacing state Supreme Court justices to retry redistricting
Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger issued her opposition to one of many ideas being floated by members of her party after the state Supreme Court struck down the redistricting effort.
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Political leaders react to state Supreme Court decision on redistricting referendum
Current and former elected officials, candidates and others share their thoughts on Friday’s high court ruling.
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Supreme Court of Virginia voids redistricting election as unconstitutional
The commonwealth’s high court on Friday issued a 4-3 opinion that struck down the mid-decade redistricting effort.
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Jones seeks to dissolve injunction that led to the ‘Lynchburg loophole’ on gun background checks
Attorney General Jay Jones sent a request to the Lynchburg Circuit Court to dissolve an October injunction that had halted background checks in private sale of firearms.
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AI bills faced a logjam in the General Assembly due to a Trump executive order, but Congress is working to fill the gap
The chairman of the committee that hears most technology-related legislation in the House of Delegates said it was important to protect federal broadband funds, which Trump threatened if states make “onerous AI laws.”
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State election board unable to certify redistricting referendum
The Virginia Supreme Court has yet to rule on the legal challenge to the constitutionality of the election. Until then, the state board is bound by an injunction in the Tazewell County Circuit Court from certifying the results of the April 21 redistricting referendum.
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State Supreme Court hears arguments to overturn redistricting referendum; now Virginia waits
The Supreme Court of Virginia is considering an appeal by proponents of mid-decade redistricting to a Tazewell County Circuit Court ruling that determined the effort to be unconstitutional.
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West Virginia’s governor courts data center industry as Virginia mulls ending tax exemptions
Virginia’s budget battle over data center tax exemptions has given its neighbor to the west the opportunity to woo leaders in the billion-dollar industry.
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First day of the budget special session ends without an agreement on data center tax exemptions
The chairs of both of the House of Delegates and state Senate finance committees have agreed that data centers need to pay their “fair share,” but differ on how to accomplish that goal.
