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Moss Free Clinic is ceasing operations in Fredericksburg
The Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic announced it was ceasing operations on Thursday, June 12, after 16 months of struggling to keep the doors open as its operational funds were used up and its longtime partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare dissolved. “The clinic is working with area health systems and health-care providers to ensure continuity of care for current patients,” Corie Bacher, director of development, stated in a two-paragraph news release.
Fredericksburg Council may consider a ranked-choice voting system
The Fredericksburg City Council might take a new look at how future city elections with multiple candidates for a single position are determined. Councilman Will Mackintosh Tuesday night raised the idea of exploring a ranked-choice voting system in future city elections. In such a system, voters would list their preferences in order in single-seat races involving three or more candidates. ... “I just wanted to start the conversation and see where it goes,” Mackintosh said. “It would ensure that no one would win without at least 50% of the vote.”
Democratic field makes closing arguments in crowded Virginia LG race
With the June 17 Democratic primary days away, six candidates locked in a quiet-but-crowded race for lieutenant governor are making their final push to stand out — and to convince voters they’re the best bet to take on Republicans this fall. The contenders include state Sens. Ghazala Hashmi and Aaron Rouse, former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, former federal prosecutor Victor Salgado, and attorney Alex Bastani. The six candidates have done little to differentiate themselves from one another and only a few personal attacks have been made.
ICE Makes Arrests at Sterling Immigration Court
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday arrested up to 11 people at the Sterling Immigration Court building. New Virginia Majority Loudoun & Western Fairfax Campaign Coordinator Sofia Saiyed said the officers were not identifiable and would not say where they were taking the individuals. “They started taking people three by three and packing them into vans and taking the vans away,” Saiyed said.
Hampton defers camping in public spaces ban after community pushback
City Council delayed a vote Wednesday to ban camping and storage on public property, which would have cleared the way for the city to criminalize homeless encampments. Mayor Jimmy Gray said the decision came after individual conversations with council members, and a new version of the ordinance will be presented in August. ... Nearly 20 people spoke at Wednesday’s council meeting against the proposal, with some critical of how it would affect homeless people and highlighting the need for more resources such as affordable housing.
Miyares leans in on law-and-order message ahead of 2025 election
As protests erupt again in Los Angeles over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and President Donald Trump’s deployment of U.S. Marines to back up the National Guard, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares isn’t blinking. “It’s not unprecedented,” Miyares, who is seeking a second term as Virginia’s top law enforcement official, said of Trump’s decision to send troops to the streets. . . . In a wide-ranging interview at his office in Richmond earlier this week, Miyares, the son of a Cuban refugee and the first Hispanic Virginian elected statewide, insisted that what’s happening in California is the result of leadership failure.
Loudoun Supervisor Sees New ‘Reality’ Amid Unprecedented Power Growth
Loudoun Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Michael Turner (D-Ashburn) has been voicing concerns for years about the challenges and impacts of supplying power to the area’s data centers. After the latest report from the region’s energy coordinator, he is stepping up that alarm. PJM Interconnection, the entity responsible for coordinating power throughout 13 states including Virginia, is seeing demand for electricity grow more rapidly than predicted just a year ago—at a rate that, it said, that could not have been foreseen.
New water crisis report calls for 'regional utility coordination'
City officials on Wednesday evening released the latest report to detail officials’ emergency response to January’s water outage. It’s the third report on Richmond’s first water crisis, following a review of the city’s water infrastructure and standard operating procedures by engineering firm HNTB, and a probe by officials in the Virginia Department of Health. The new document, produced by Hagerty Consulting, in many ways retreads now-familiar territory ... Here are three takeaways from the latest review.
Nelson County Social Services calls claims of degrading work 'unfounded'
Nelson County officials and other local agencies are ringing alarm bells over an “inexcusable decline” and lack of transparency in the county Department of Social Services, but the board charged with oversight of that department says those allegations are “unfounded” or already addressed. The Nelson County Board of Supervisors issued a letter on May 23 to the Department of Social Services board in response to “credible reports” the county received from key local partner agencies regarding the department’s poor collaboration and communication on several child protective services cases.
Loudoun activists say immigration crackdown feeds climate of fear
The Trump administration's national immigration crackdown has created a climate of fear in Loudoun County, immigration advocates said at a June 12 news conference. "Our communities are under attack," said Sofia Saiyed, campaign coordinator for New Virginia Majority, a nonprofit immigration reform group. "Our (immigration) systems have long been broken, but today they are reaching a new level of crisis at the federal, state, and local levels."