Sandy Hausman
Charlottesville Bureau ChiefSandy Hausman joined the Radio IQ team in 2008 after living and working in Chicago for 30 years. Since then, she's won numerous national and regional awards for her prolific coverage of the environment, criminal justice, research and happenings at the University of Virginia. Sandy is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. Contact Sandy at shausman@vt.edu.
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Environmental groups are expressing disappointment today after Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board voted to withdraw the state from RGGI – the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. That coalition of 11 states is committed to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and methane – gases that are driving climate change. Sandy Hausman reports on why the board wanted out and what will happen next. -
Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board is set to vote today on whether to remove the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – or RGGI.
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Tomorrow Virginia’s governor hopes to fulfill a campaign promise. Glenn Youngkin claimed joining with ten other states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or RGGI was costing consumers money, and we should get out. On Wednesday, the state’s Air Pollution Control Board will vote on that as Sandy Hausman reports.
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It’s spring, and farmers around the state are busy planting and pruning. Many depend on immigrants from Mexico and Latin America to help out, but eighty years ago assistance came from a surprising source. Sandy Hausman has that story.
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Changes to electoral boundaries have led to 47 legislative primaries this spring. Sandy Hausman reports on one especially difficult decision for Democrats in the newly drawn 11th district for state Senate.
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Prisoners in Virginia have plenty of time to reflect on how they’re treated behind bars, and many say filing grievances gets them nowhere. As a result, the Department of Corrections is currently facing more than 7,500 lawsuits. Among those awaiting a day in court are members of two religious minorities who say they can’t worship properly.
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When Glenn Youngkin became governor of Virginia, many Democrats in appointed jobs were replaced by Republicans, and the state’s constitution dictates that two of the three people on local boards of election must come from the governor’s party. That change has not gone smoothly in some places – most notably Buckingham County.
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County officials see the new Intelligence Community Innovation Accelerator Campus as an investment in the future.
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Students and faculty from six universities around the state are meeting In Charlottesville this week to help ensure that future elections in the Commonwealth are fair and results can be trusted.
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Some Americans may look down on the South – thinking of it as a place lacking in smarts and sophistication. In fact, some of this country’s most innovative companies began here – creating systems that made the Amazon economy possible. A new book profiles some of those firms.
