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Jones edges Taylor in Democratic attorney general primary
In a nail-biter Democratic primary Tuesday, Jay Jones narrowly defeated Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor in the race for attorney general, setting up a November showdown with Republican incumbent Jason Miyares. According to unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections, Jones won 51% of the vote to Taylor’s 49%. Jones, a former state delegate from Norfolk and one-time candidate for attorney general in 2021, returns to statewide politics with a renewed focus on consumer protection, corporate accountability, and civil rights.
In 2025 Virginia governor's race, Democrat Abigail Spanberger makes appeal based on her bio
Democrat Abigail Spanberger is emphasizing her life and career as she aims to become the next governor of Virginia at a time when her national party is searching for answers on how to win over voters after an election cycle filled with setbacks. The Spanberger campaign's new advertisement for the general election, first reported by CBS News, shows her reflecting on the various kinds of hallways she's walked through, starting with her education at Virginia's J.R. Tucker High School, before quickly pivoting to the CIA, where she was a case officer, and then to the Capitol, where she was a bipartisan-minded U.S. House representative.
Yancey: 10 ways that this year’s primaries made history
Virginia voters made lots of history in Tuesday’s primary election, setting up a general election campaign with lots of “firsts.” For a long time, one writer after another has proclaimed a “New Dominion” in the “Old Dominion.” That is now quite apparent in Tuesday’s primary victories by Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones in the statewide Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively. As the great political analyst William Shakespeare once said in a different context, “let me count the ways.” 1. Not a single straight white male will be on the statewide ballot this fall
Even members of Congress have no clear idea of unemployment related to Trump cuts
How many Northern Virginia residents have lost their jobs as part of federal cutbacks and their ripple effects on the economy? Nobody seems to know for sure — including members of the U.S. Senate. “We’re still trying to get the right numbers,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) board of directors at a meeting last Wednesday (June 11). Warner said the best figure he could come up with was 168,000 Virginia federal workers and contractors facing unemployment, but he quickly acknowledged that number came from an online source. “Do not take that as gospel,” he said.
Key panel endorses ban on secluding Virginia Beach students
Following allegations about the mistreatment of an 11-year-old autistic student, a special education advisory panel is recommending Virginia Beach public schools ban the controversial practice of seclusion. The Virginia Beach Special Education Advisory Committee, which includes parents of children with special needs, is scheduled to formally request the change during a June 24 school board meeting. “We do make recommendations, but none as consequential as this one, none as big as this one,” Meghan Ashburn, the committee chairperson, told VCIJ at WHRO, “and none that has the potential to make such a big impact as this one.”
HRBT to break through on latest tunnel, route vehicles onto new bridge this fall
The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project will pass a pair of milestones this fall. Mary, a nickname for the 430-foot-long machine boring the two new eastbound tunnels, is on track to make its second breakthrough in September. The machine completed boring the first tunnel last April and took more than five months to get turned around. The Virginia Department of Transportation also plans to route eastbound traffic onto a new section of the bridge. Drivers exiting the tunnel to Norfolk will be directed onto the structure by early September. The traffic shift will mark the end of the old eastbound roadway nearby, which will be torn down next, and what’s expected to be the final 18 months of the project.
Medallia expands corporate office in Tysons, creates 100 new jobs
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) announced Tuesday that Medallia is investing $2 million to expand its operations in its Tysons office space. The new project will bring 100 new jobs to the area. Medallia is a customer service and employee management company that provides software-as-a-service solutions to help organizations gather feedback from customers and employees in real-time.
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi wins Democratic primary for lieutenant governor
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi has won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, defeating five other candidates in the field. By 11 p.m. Tuesday, Hashmi had won 27.49% of the vote, according to the Virginia elections website. Hashmi was neck and neck for much of the night with fellow frontrunners Levar Stoney and Aaron Rouse, who won 26.65% and 26.16% of the vote, respectively. Hashmi released a statement to X, saying, in part, she is honored to stand alongside Democratic nominee for governor Abigail Spanberger and Jay Jones, who won the Democratic nomination for attorney general.
Chatham session gathers input on environmental impacts of Southgate pipeline
Federal regulators hosted a community input session Monday evening on the environmental impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s amended Southgate project. In February, the pipeline sought to amend the project to construct a shorter route that starts in Chatham and goes into North Carolina. The tweaked version shortens what was a 75-mile extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to only 31 miles.
Chesterfield would restrict data center development under latest zoning update proposal
Chesterfield officials are now eyeing new restrictions on data center development as part of an in-progress zoning ordinance overhaul. If approved, data centers would be strictly a conditional use in Chesterfield. Currently, data centers can be built by-right in some zoning districts, meaning that they don’t require a review by the Board of Supervisors to be built under those areas’ current zoning. By making data center development a conditional use, all such projects everywhere in Chesterfield would need case-by-case zoning approval by county supervisors moving forward.