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WEBSep 12, 2024 · BY: Markus Schmidt - September 9, 2024. The rift between Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and party officials in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District widened further over the weekend after the Republican nominee failed to attend the district’s GOP committee meeting in Farmville on Saturday.
Who’s running to be lieutenant governor in 2025 and more …
WEB1 day ago · The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) • “Who’s running to be Virginia’s lieutenant governor in 2025?”—. VPM. • “ Youngkin seeks new bids on state employee health plans.”—. Richmond Times-Dispatch. • “How the Boar’s Head plant closure could wreck this tiny Virginia town.”—. The Washington Post.
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WEBThe Virginia Mercury is an independent, nonprofit online news organization covering state government and policy. The Mercury launched in 2018 to bring a fresh perspective to coverage of the state’s biggest political and policy issues and fill the gaps in statehouse reporting created by a shrinking media industry. The Mercury is an affiliate of States […]
Youngkin joins "energy choice" coalition with other Republican ...
WEB1 day ago · Gov. Glenn Youngkin has joined a group of nine other Republican governors who are advocating for “energy choice,” intending to “ minimize permitting and other regulatory barriers” and “limit expensive energy mandates,” among other goals. Some clean energy advocates said the term is a euphemism for the continued use of natural gas that pollutes the planet and drives climate change.
Nearly 500,000 Virginians in Medicaid have been disenrolled
WEBAug 16, 2024 · By: Charlotte Rene Woods - August 16, 2024 5:30 am. State social services workers sign up residents for Medicaid at a resource fair in Richmond in 2018. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury) Of the roughly 2 million Virginians who’d been enrolled in Medicaid before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 480,000 of them have been disenrolled as of this August.
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · BY: Markus Schmidt - August 27, 2024. The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority has reached a new deal with Norfolk Southern to extend its state-supported Amtrak service to the New River Valley by 2028, while avoiding a costly tunnel upgrade and making it easier to eventually bring service to Bristol. Under the …
Senate hearing over campus protests to Israel-Hamas war draws …
WEB1 day ago · A Senate committee meeting in Richmond focused on investigating the wave of Israel-Hamas war on-campus protests at several Virginia colleges and universities turned intense on Tuesday, as public testimonies extended beyond the scope of the events last spring and some Republican lawmakers accused the committee of excluding law enforcement officials from the dialogue.
Virginia airports and trails win federal funding bids
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) just keeps on giving and giving. Passed in the fall of 2021, the law laid out a walloping $660 billion to be spread over five years for a smorgasbord of infrastructure upgrades. From the air to the sea to rail to roads, and even down to local multi-use trails, Virginia is included in the list of states and localities getting long overdue infrastructure ...
Virginia’s general revenue surplus reaches $1.2 billion
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Virginia’s general revenue surplus reached $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2024, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced to lawmakers in Richmond on Wednesday.. Youngkin said the impact results from job growth, economic development wins, regulatory streamlining, crime reduction, and “amazing” progress in education backed up by a legislative “game plan” that he said works.
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