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Battery facility proposed in Spotsylvania
A Texas-based company wants to build a battery power storage facility in Spotsylvania County. Only a few details on the proposal are available as it is early in the process, but the company, Plus Power, plans to host a community meeting later this month to provide more information about the proposal.
Tuesday primary to narrow field for 49th District race
Voters in Danville and some parts of Pittsylvania County will get to select the party candidates for 49th District of Virginia’s House of Delegates seat in Tuesday’s primary. ... The 49th District covers all of Danville and the southeastern portion of Pittsylvania County. It also extends east into Halifax County. The seat was held by Del. Danny Marshall, a longtime Southern Virginia lawmaker, who announced his retirement. Madison Whittle and Vanessa Scearce are vying for the Republican Party’s nomination. Gary Miller and Jasmine Lipscomb are on the ballot seeking the Democratic nod.
National parks lose superintendents in Richmond, Petersburg amid 'tough time'
Valentine’s Day was the worst day that Scott Teodorski said he spent in 36 years working for the National Park Service. Teodorski, then-superintendent of the Richmond National Battlefield Park and Maggie L. Walker Historic Site, had to tell three park service employees at the two sites that they were out of a job in a purge of probationary employees as part of President Donald p’s attempt to slash the size of the federal workforce and government spending.
Virginia professors’ association calls for end to “politicization” of university leadership
A group of Virginia professors and academics is speaking out against Governor Glenn Youngkin’s appointments to university Boards of Visitors across the state and calling for an end to what they say is the “politicization” of university leadership. This comes after the Virginia Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted 8-4 to reject Youngkin’s appointees, including former state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. On June 11, the American Association of University Professors Virginia Chapter sent a letter to the General Assembly, expressing support for the Committee’s decision to block the appointees and calling on the legislature to “[w]ithhold confirmation of all future BOV appointments by Governor Youngkin until he demonstrates a sustained commitment to appointing individuals who uphold academic freedom, respect shared governance, and prioritize institutional integrity over politics.”
Yancey: No, Trump did not rename Virginia military bases after Confederate generals. Here’s what he did instead.
President Donald Trump traveled to a military base in North Carolina this week to announce that he’s changing the names of seven military bases that had been changed not long ago by then-President Joe Biden. Besides Fort Bragg, “we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee,” Trump said. Not quite.
Wittman: Voting for spending bill kept my word to Virginians
The Virginian-Pilot & Daily Press Editorial Board recently accused me of selling out my constituents by voting for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“A predictable betrayal,” Our Views, May 23). That couldn’t be further from the truth. Let me set the record straight: I kept my word. I fought for Virginians, and I voted to protect working families, strengthen our safety net, and invest in national security and economic opportunity. Before this bill even came to a vote, I raised my voice publicly to demand protections for the vulnerable. In April, I wrote to House leadership making clear that balancing the budget must not come at the expense of pregnant women, children, seniors or individuals with disabilities.
Trump parade, nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests mirror national division
Saturday will mark 250 years since the Second Continental Congress approved the creation of an army to organize a military response to the increasingly intolerable rule of the British, a day now celebrated as the birth of the U.S. Army. Two years later, also on June 14, the colonial legislature adopted a resolution regarding the design of a new flag, now recognized annually as Flag Day. Both are worth commemorating and, in normal times, would be cause for national celebrations. But these aren’t normal times, and Saturday will instead feature an unprecedented parade of military hardware and personnel in Washington, D.C., and the likelihood of widespread protests across the country, including several in Hampton Roads.
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.
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.
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.”