1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (381+ words) Pornhub sent a letter this week to elected officials in Virginia and more than 20 other states that have passed online age-verification laws in recent years arguing that these laws are ineffective and urging them to put forward “real solutions” to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1594+ words) Virginia job seekers now have a right to know what a position pays before applying online under a new state law aimed at giving workers more leverage in hiring and salary negotiations. The new law, which took effect July 1, requires…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (297+ words) The two separate lawsuits filed by the Justice Department in federal court say the laws violate the Second Amendment. “The Constitution is not a suggestion, and the Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (698+ words) The improvement, she said, is the result of simply asking why things were being done the way they were. On top of a 56% drop in assaults between January and May compared with the same time last year, Spanberger said use-of-force…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (395+ words) Since the first data center project was announced in Mecklenburg County in 2010, union workers have helped build these facilities and the energy infrastructure powering them. For many rural communities, projects of this scale are among the few capable of bringing…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (264+ words) RICHMOND — Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved the Six-Year Improvement Program for the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. It will allocate $28.5 billion to transportation projects over the next six fiscal years beginning July…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (242+ words) RICHMOND — With just days to go before the commonwealth’s current budget expires, the Virginia House and Senate have reached a $185 billion budget deal that would take effect July 1. The deal includes an energy consumption fee for data centers. The budget…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (538+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — The LAMBS Foundation, a nonprofit focused on community engagement, is hosting its fifth year of Juneteenth events but with a new theme that zeroes in on mitigating violence. “We wanted to activate another side of the community, where…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (379+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — A upscale boutique hotel could soon be coming to the Oceanfront with help from a state tourism financing program supported by taxes generated by the project. CLM Watermans Hotel, LLC., owned by Ed Denton, plans to overhaul the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (395+ words) RICHMOND — Democrats in the General Assembly don’t appear to be any closer to reaching a budget deal. Money committee chairs Sen. Louise Lucas of Portsmouth and Del. Luke Torian, Prince William, met Friday morning with Gov. Abigail Spanberger. “Today, the…...