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By DWAYNE YANCEY,
Cardinal News
When Gov. Glenn Youngkin sent the bill legalizing so-called electronic skill games back to the General Assembly with amendments, one of those amendments directed that 5% of the tax revenue from the games go toward improving Interstate 81 — a wonderful talking point on the western side of the state, where complaining about I-81 is more common than complaining about the weather.
However, other amendments that the governor added would effectively ban the games from almost everywhere in Virginia, rendering that dedicated I-81 revenue stream almost meaningless.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By CHARLIE PAULLIN,
Virginia Mercury
One of the 200-plus amendments Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed for the state budget would delay a ban on single use plastics beyond a timeframe set as part of a compromise the legislature made a few years ago.
Amendment 148 “shifts the effective date of the prohibition on use of polystyrene containers from 2025 to 2028” for retail food establishments with 20 or more locations around the state, and from “2026 to 2030 for smaller restaurants.”
VaNews April 15, 2024
By JOHN R. CRANE,
Danville Register & Bee
EPL America Inc. in Danville is expanding its manufacturing facility, investing $37.4 million and adding 24 new jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The company will upgrade its 200,000-square-foot facility and add new machinery. The additional equipment will allow EPL, formerly known as Essel Propack, to grow into the beauty and cosmetic markets and serve customers interested in replacing existing plastic products with laminate tubes, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By DAVE RESS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Last year, when Bobby Bowen, a young Southside Virginia farmer, told his wife that Tyson Foods was shutting its Glen Allen chicken processing plant, she started crying. And he figured it meant an end to his dreams of following his dad and grandfather working the family farm — a dream his dad had tried to discourage him from following. But now that he and other chicken farmers who had supplied Tyson have banded together in the new Central Virginia Poultry Cooperative, they've found a new and very different kind of poultry market: eggs from free range hens.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By EVAN GOODENOW,
Loudoun Times
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The law firm representing former Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler says the school division stiffed them on legal fees incurred for representing Ziegler. The School Board hired the firm, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, in April 2022 to represent "any school official in any legal proceeding," according to the suit, which was filed on April 10 in Loudoun Circuit Court. But the firm says the school division has never paid its bills for those services and has an outstanding balance of $617,000.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By RYAN MURPHY,
WHRO
Norfolk wants to redevelop MacArthur Center into a major mixed-use development anchored by a 400-room military-themed hotel.
Mayor Kenny Alexander said during his State of the City the redeveloped mall would include 518,000 square feet of high-rise residential space, including rentals and units to own.
“The future of MacArthur Mall demands a bold vision that celebrates our culture, reconnects our city, attracts tourists and ensures economic vitality,” Alexander said in his address to the region’s civic and business leaders.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By PATRICK HITE,
News Leader
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A Waynesboro man was charged for his role in the breach of the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Darl McDorman, 53, was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers, for his participation in an attack on the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, per a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By JESS KIRBY,
Loudoun Times
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For months, the western Loudoun subsidized fiber-optic broadband project has lagged behind its targeted “milestones,” but All Points Broadband has insisted the project would still finish on time. Now, officials say it won’t be complete until October 2025 — a delay of more than a year. Last week, the state approved a 15-month extension of the project, which aims to bring high-speed internet to more than 8,600 homes and businesses in rural Loudoun County using 620 miles of fiber-optic cable.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By MICHAEL E. RUANE,
Washington Post
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Edna Lee Ward walked into a newspaper office in Portsmouth, Va., early in 1942 carrying a picture of her son, who was in the Navy. He had been declared missing in action after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
His name was David Walker. He was 19. He had dropped out of his African American high school to serve as a mess attendant in the segregated Navy. He had been on the battleship USS California when it was hit and sunk, and she had just learned that he was probably dead. She asked if the newspaper might print his picture. It did.
VaNews April 16, 2024
The Virginia Public Access Project
VPAP has posted first-quarter disclosures from candidates running in November for local office as well as PACs and party committees. Our overview page is a convenient place to jump to what interests you — city council, school board, or constitutional offices. We rank each group of committees by most raised and cash on hand. If you are interested in a specific committee, you can drill down for a sortable list of donors and expenditures reported during the first three months of the year.
VaNews April 16, 2024
