Plus: Hashmi plans an energy listening tour, Spanberger urges Virginians to sign up as poll workers, and more board appointments and essay contest winners are announced.
Notes From the Square
Notes from the Square: Spanberger plans to intervene with SCC over Dominion-NextEra merger
Virginia’s sales tax holiday is this weekend, and the attorney general joins 24 other states in a lawsuit against the latest round of tariffs.
Notes from the Square: AG Jones creates a unit to oversee vape products, THC and more
Plus: A bill to create an emergency exit to and from Wintergreen clears a hurdle at the federal level, and a Radford University alum is tapped as the next head of the Virginia Department of Energy.
Notes from the Square: Gov. Spanberger visits Europe on her first trade mission
Plus: Winsome Earle-Sears announces she’s returning to the campaign trail, more money is heading to Tazewell County for Hurricane Helene relief and the governor includes two Southwest Virginians in her latest round of board appointments.
Notes from the Square: General Assembly backs Spanberger’s appeal to SCC regarding data center transmission costs
Plus: Hashmi releases a reading list ahead of autumn Southwest Virginia college tour; Griffith applauds federal money for Helene housing recovery, announces $3 million for Head Start programs.

