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Virginia State University faces questions after firing six agriculture research experts
By: Nathaniel Cline - Virginia Mercury June Battle, a Waverly farmer, aimed to reduce costs and boost productivity with help...
Read moreDetailsAs federal drug pricing program reforms lag, Va. senator’s bill seeks state-level solutions
Known as 340B, the program helps hospitals and clinics that care for underserved patients to purchase discounted drugs. But abuse...
Read moreDetailsVirginia Democrats sharpen focus on ICE limits after Spanberger’s State of the Union rebuttal
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA - FEBRUARY 24: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of...
Read moreDetailsWhat do the Va. Senate, House proposed spending plans mean for higher education?
House Appropriations Committee recommends a $211.3 million investment plan for higher education, which is slightly less than the Senate’s plan...
Read moreDetailsSenators propose phasing out data center tax credit, House budget keeps it
STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near...
Read moreDetailsBill that would make it harder to sue against developments tabled for further workshopping
Hanover County NAACP said measure would have undermined their push back against a Wegman’s distribution center in the historic Brown...
Read moreDetailsSenators propose phasing out data center tax credit, House budget keeps it
STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near...
Read moreDetailsLawmakers reshape Youngkin’s final budget with focus on affordability, no new taxes
House and Senate money committees advance dueling plans that would end a major data center tax exemption while backfilling federal...
Read moreDetailsWhat do the Va. Senate, House proposed spending plans mean for higher education?
House Appropriations Committee recommends a $211.3 million investment plan for higher education, which is slightly less than the Senate’s plan...
Read moreDetailsOn the site of the Potomac sewage line rupture that drew Trump’s ire
By: Christine Condon - Virginia Mercury At the site of one of the worst sewage leaks in the nation’s...
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