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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 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 EVAN VISCONTI,
Virginia Mercury
Throughout Virginia, scientists are documenting significant warming of water temperatures, from inland freshwater streams and rivers to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, which experts say has “huge cascading effects on ecosystems.”
“Even though it might not seem like a big deal, sustained higher temperatures can really damage the intricate balance of species that call those water bodies home,” said Jeremy Hoffman, director of Climate Justice and Impact at Groundwork USA and affiliate faculty in the Department of Geography, Environment and Sustainability at the University of Richmond.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By ELIZABETH BEYER,
News Leader
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Robert Landrum thought he was supporting Republicans in Virginia’s statehouse elections that year, when he donated $500 to a federal super PAC in April 2023. The super PAC, Unleash America, had one stated goal: To get Republicans elected during Virginia’s 2023 statehouse contests to support Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s agenda. “That’s how he represented the PAC. That’s what he said,” Landrum said in a phone interview with USA Today. He was referring to the PAC’s then “honorary chairman,” Hung Cao, a failed 2022 Congressional candidate from northern Virginia.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By NATHANIEL CLINE,
Virginia Mercury
While Gov. Glenn Youngkin did not veto a measure to repeal two license plates connected to the controversial history of the Confederacy, he is staving off Democrats’ effort to do so by requiring lawmakers to vote again on the measure next year. The governor also amended the bill, which received bipartisan support from the General Assembly last month and would repeal the special Sons of Confederate Veterans and Gen. Robert E. Lee license plates, by directing the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to study when special license plates should expire.
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
By KARINA ELWOOD,
Washington Post
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When April Hu heard that the admissions process at her alma mater was being legally challenged, she knew she wanted to help.
She had seen affirmative action being challenged at universities around the country, but this was different. The challenge wasn’t against her college, it was against Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a prestigious magnet school in Northern Virginia. And the case wasn’t challenging affirmative action — it was challenging a new “race-neutral” approach for admissions. Hu, a lawyer, thought the new admissions policy was admirable, and deserved to stay in place. She and her colleague, Mica Moore, a fellow TJ alum and lifelong friend, started brainstorming how they could help defend the new policy.
VaNews April 15, 2024
By IVY MAIN,
published in
Daily Progress
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Virginia’s 2024 legislative session wrapped up last month without any action to avert the energy crisis that is hurtling towards us. Crisis is not too strong a word to describe the unchecked proliferation of power-hungry data centers in Northern Virginia and around the state. Virginia utilities do not have the energy or transmission capacity to handle the enormous increases in energy consumption. Dominion Energy projects a doubling of CO2 and a new fossil fuel buildout. Drinking water sources are imperiled.
Main is a lawyer and a longtime volunteer with the Sierra Club’s Virginia chapter.
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
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
