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From trash to takeoff: Virginia eyes sustainable fuel future for aviation
As President Donald Trump’s administration scales back national climate initiatives, local leaders in the Washington Metropolitan region are stepping up to push for cleaner skies — with jet fuel made from trash, crops and forest waste. At the heart of the push is Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF, a biofuel derived from sources like corn grain, municipal solid waste, wet waste, and agricultural residues. Though not yet widely used, SAF is gaining traction thanks to its lower emissions and growing interest from regional policymakers.
Lansdowne Conservancy to appeal Loudoun power line decision
The Lansdowne Conservancy plans to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia over Dominion Energy’s Aspen to Golden 500-230 kV Electric Transmission Project, according to the organization's attorney. Attorney Bryan S. Turner made the announcement during the June 3 meeting of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.
Virginia’s federal lawmakers want to make childbirth free
Childbirth can cost thousands of dollars, with certain conditions also posing extra costs for parents-to-be who have private health insurance. New legislation proposed by Virginia’s Capitol Hill lawmakers and their colleagues could prevent cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal and postpartum care, keeping families from being saddled with big bills after birth. U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, remembers the stress and fear of dealing with placenta previa, a life-threatening maternal condition, when carrying her second child, Samantha.
Youngkin boasts 150,000-square-foot Kalahari Resort waterpark in Spotsylvania County
Signing a steel beam at the unfinished site of a $900 million indoor waterpark, hotel and convention center in Spotsylvania County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin boasted the upcoming Kalahari Resort as an example of capital investment in Virginia. "I do humbly want to suggest that they did choose the very best state in America to do business," Youngkin said. "... It is tangible proof that when businesses survey, they continue to time and time again choose the commonwealth of Virginia."
Ahead of schedule, Kalahari welcomes a beaming Youngkin
Gov. Glenn Youngkin was technically the keynote speaker for the Kalahari Resorts’ ceremonial “steel beam signing” event Wednesday afternoon, but it was founder and CEO Todd Nelson who delivered an answer to the question many are wondering. When is the $900 million Thornburg indoor waterpark going to open? The answer: Nov. 12, 2026. “We’re ahead of schedule,” Nelson said. “Everything is going really, really quite well.” More than 150 people attended the ceremony held on the 1.38 million-square-foot resort’s future grounds, which will also include a 150,000-square-foot convention center and 900 guest rooms.
Study recommends no change in oversight of Virginia’s juvenile justice agency
Who should oversee Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), which is responsible for serving more than 3,000 court-involved youth every day? That was the question at the center of the latest study from the General Assembly's research arm, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC). Currently, DJJ falls under the purview of the public safety secretary, but advocates have argued that transferring DJJ to the health and human resources secretariat would improve access to services since behavioral health is a big focus of the rehabilitative process.
Democratic lieutenant governor candidates discuss taking on Trump, federal cuts
A field of six candidates is competing to be the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia’s June 17 primary election. It’s a job that, at first blush, doesn’t appear to have as many responsibilities as other elected offices. The lieutenant governor is first in the line of succession for the governor, and shall assume the position if the governor is not able to complete his or her job duties, according to the Constitution of Virginia.
Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor talk about how they’d fight Trump while working with GOP legislators
The field of Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor is packed, with six hopefuls who hail from Hampton Roads, the Richmond area and Northern Virginia. In part two of the questions posed by Cardinal News to candidates, we ask them how they plan to push back against actions by the Trump administration, if elected.
A look at the views of 2 candidates vying for the GOP nod in 62nd House District
Agreeing on many issues while differing on others, Republican statehouse primary candidates Karen Hamilton, of Orange, and Clay Jackson, of Madison, sat side by side last Thursday night for a candidates’ forum in the District 62 nominating race. A homeschool mom of three, college educated in structural engineering and a first-time political candidate, Hamilton briefly stumbled in her opening statement ... A beef cattle farmer and board of supervisors’ chairman, Jackson admitted he didn’t know what his first three bills would be if elected to the statehouse, but stressed time and again he would fight to represent local interests.
Report: Moving Department of Juvenile Justice to another state agency likely won’t improve youth programs
A new report says moving the Department of Juvenile Justice under a different state agency likely wouldn’t improve the programs it offers to incarcerated youth. The report comes as the state Inspector General’s office says it will review mental health services being offered to children at the Bon Air Correctional Center — Virginia’s only state-run youth prison. Research for the nonpartisan report included interviews with Department of Juvenile Justice staff, state cabinet members and national experts.