Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell isn’t the biggest fan of using the sales tax this way, but it’s been done before.
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Brian White is prepared to lead Virginia Tech to the highest levels of college athletics. That was the message at his introductory news conference Wednesday.
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Chemours will pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million for alleged violations and spend $90 million over 15 years to mitigate PFAS discharges in three states: West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey.
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With the passing of spring, frogs and toads begin searching for mates – the males calling loudly to females in the neighborhood. This year, they will also attract hundreds of humans who have signed up for Frog Watch USA— a citizen-science program where people listen and report on where they hear any of 19 species found in Virginia.
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Marijuana is currently decriminalized in Virginia. If you’re caught in public consuming it, you can be hit with a $25 civil penalty. But a new budget compromise struck this week increases that fine to $250 and adds new criminal penalties for a second offense and a third offense.
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A newly created Governor’s Community Partnership Council on Corrections will work toward change in the state prison system.
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In wake of SCOTUS ruling, Viginia AG Jones pledges to enforce new firearm manufacturer liability lawThe U.S. Supreme Court is known to support second amendment rights. But a decision last week is backing Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones’ effort to enforce a new firearm law.
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Virginia’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancement has released a nine-page report that employees and their bosses might want to read. It looks at how artificial intelligence might change or eliminate certain occupations.
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Dismantled materials are loaded onto a barge and lowered onto the bay floor several miles offshore.
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June 27th marks one year since former University of Virginia president Jim Ryan resigned from his leadership role at the state’s flagship university. Now living in rural Albemarle County, Ryan’s been reading, writing, running—and contemplating what’s next.
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Brian White has been athletic director at Florida Atlantic University for the past eight years.
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