Also: Switchfoot will headline triple bill in Salem. Roanoke County sets community meeting Thursday in Fort Lewis about greenway. Reddish Knob Road closed for repairs.
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Youngkin amendment would end state funding for fetal anomaly abortions; more …
From elsewhere: Franklin County supervisors reduce proposed real estate tax rate. Bookkeeper admits to defrauding two Roanoke Valley restaurants. Real estate taxes eyed to slightly increase in South Boston.
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Virginia Tech to raise tuition by 2.9%, citing inflationary pressures
A pro-Palestine protest briefly interrupted the meeting during President Tim Sands’ remarks.
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Youngkin OKs shared solar bills
The legislation establishes a program for Appalachian Power customers to buy solar energy without needing their own panels and expands an existing Dominion Energy program.
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Youngkin’s amendments to skill games bill would ban games in Roanoke Valley, Bristol, Danville, Martinsville
The governor’s amendments would prohibit the electronic games within 35 miles of a casino or a Rosie’s Gaming Emporium.
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Gov. Youngkin sends ‘skill’ game bill back with amendments
The governor also vetoed bills that would have created a Prescription Drug Affordability Board and allowed localities to raise sales taxes for schools.
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State advisory boards can now hold more virtual meetings. Proponents say it will help Southwest Virginia.
The hope is the change will result in more participation from residents who live nowhere near Richmond.
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A liberal state is investing in nuclear energy as a way to fight climate change
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee recently approved $25 million as part of a plan to build up to 12 small modular nuclear reactors. Here are some possible lessons for Virginia.
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Virginia Tech’s New Music + Technology Festival set for Tuesday start
Events will include a performance by L2Ork, a Linux-based laptop band, and the debut of an original piece for live drum and spatial audio.
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Biden stalling rural broadband buildout; Washington’s bureaucratic bullying must stop
Though the federal statute authorizing the grant money expressly forbids the administration from regulating rates through a preset price or formula, it is doing exactly this.
