Virginia: The Old Dominion

The report by Wood MacKenzie, an energy research firm, examined 20 large power users. In almost all of those cases, the firm found, the money that large energy users paid to electric utilities would not be enough to cover the cost of the equipment needed to serve them. The rest of the costs would be borne by other utility customers or the utility itself.

The D.C. public transportation system is set to expand dramatically over the next 20 years. But aside from the long-delayed Purple Line, new train tracks aren’t part of the plan. Leaders in and around the Metro system are putting their energy behind the less-loved side of transit: the bus.

In June, Metro rolls out its new “Better Bus Network,” remaking the existing system with fewer stops and promises of faster service. Northern Virginia leaders just proposed 28 new bus routes, five of which are already in the works.

The D.C. public transportation system is set to expand dramatically over the next 20 years. But aside from the long-delayed Purple Line, new train tracks aren’t part of the plan. Leaders in and around the Metro system are putting their energy behind the less-loved side of transit: the bus.

In June, Metro rolls out its new “Better Bus Network,” remaking the existing system with fewer stops and promises of faster service. Northern Virginia leaders just proposed 28 new bus routes, five of which are already in the works.

Hundreds of employees at the Georgia-Pacific plywood plant in Emporia, Virginia, are losing their jobs after the facility ceased operations immediately on Friday.

The company delivered the news to the plant's just over 550 employees during a series of meetings Friday morning and through a letter distributed to workers, according to Rick Kimble, Georgia-Pacific's director of public affairs.

From last year to now, Virginia raised teacher pay by an average of $3,000. Still, the commonwealth’s average pay rate for educators remains stagnant compared to other states, according to the latest salary report published by the National Education Association.

The commonwealth dropped by one spot to 26th, paying teachers an average of $66,327, an increase from a year ago. Virginia’s average teacher pay is $5,703 below the national average of $72,030, the NEA report states.

Virginia’s 2025 governor’s race is set: Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will face former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee.

The Republican Party of Virginia announced Saturday afternoon that Earle-Sears is the GOP nominee and that there will be no Republican primary for governor.

The Democratic Party of Virginia announced Friday Spanberger is the Democratic nominee for governor, as no other Democrats filed to run before the deadline.

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Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for accepting over $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing numerous Northern Virginia businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs within his department.

With other Virginia communities drying up, this one seemed like a good choice to have some sort of representation for the residents of Virginia on Lemmy.
Unfortunately, the user who created this sub had been inactive for two years and no upkeep was being done.

For that reason, I reached out to the admins and requested to take over moderation so that I could do some basic work to keep the lights on.

To that end, I'd appreciate any ideas of what the community needs (I already unpinned the two year old pinned posts).

So, what does everyone want with c/virginia?

When companies win their pitches for state incentives to fund a new plant or expansion in Virginia, they sometimes end up hiring fewer people than they said they would.

But a shift away from making upfront grants — to require that companies show that they have hired and invested before the state releases funds — has made a big difference, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch analysis of state economic development spending data.

When companies win their pitches for state incentives to fund a new plant or expansion in Virginia, they sometimes end up hiring fewer people than they said they would.

But a shift away from making upfront grants — to require that companies show that they have hired and invested before the state releases funds — has made a big difference, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch analysis of state economic development spending data.

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an Executive Order to direct local and state law enforcement to assist in immigration enforcement.

Executive Order 47 directs the Virginia State Police and the Department of Corrections to sign Section 287(g) agreements with ICE and directs the Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security to request a certification from local and regional jail authorities confirming their full cooperation with ICE and that they will cooperate with the Section 287(g) VSP Task Force.

“As Governor, protecting our citizens is my foremost responsibility and today we are taking action that will make Virginia safer by removing dangerous criminal illegal immigrants from our Commonwealth,” said Youngkin. “This order will allow Virginia State Police and the Department of Corrections to partner with President Trump’s administration on federal immigration enforcement. Dangerous criminal illegal immigrants should not be let back into our communities to assault, rape and murder. They should be sent back where they came from.”

Continue to check WAVY.com for updates.

Virginia law enforcement agencies will no longer be able to withhold the names of their employees from the public.

That’s the result of a ruling issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Virginia Court of Appeals, which found that “the names of law enforcement personnel are not exempted” from public records requests made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Instead of worrying about what sign is on the outside of the building, let’s pay attention to the department’s funding. What happens to federal funding for education under the Trump administration, whether there’s a fully functional Department of Education or a vacant building collecting dust while the work gets done elsewhere? We simply don’t know.Trump has said a lot more about shutting down the department than offering policy papers on federal funding for education.

Here’s what we do know, though, with absolute certainty: how much federal funding each school system gets and what percentage that is of its total funding. That’s listed every year in an annual report on the state Department of Education’s website.

The localities most dependent on federal funding are in rural areas — and most cities. The localities least dependent on federal funding tend to be suburbs, particularly those in Northern Virginia.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed three constitutional amendments Tuesday, including one that would strengthen abortion access, advancing the process that could get the amendments on the ballot for Virginians to vote on next year.

The House also passed proposed constitutional amendments on same-sex marriage and restoration of rights to people convicted of felonies who have served their time.

Passage of a proposed constitutional amendment is a multiyear process. A proposed amendment must pass the legislature in two different years with an election for the House of Delegates in between. (The House of Delegates is up for election this fall.) The measure could then go to voters in a statewide referendum.

Where can this be reported ?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23733520

There Are Three Special Elections in VA on Jan 7th that will Determine Which Party Controls the State Legislature

Those are in:

• VA house of delegates district 26 (in parts of Loudoun County)
• VA senate district 32 (in parts of Loudoun County)
• VA senate district 10 (in parts of many countries around central VA)

You can see the district outlines at the link above or find your state legislature districts at

https://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Early voting both in-person and by mail has already started in the first two in Loudoun County! Early in-person voting will start in the 10th senate district on December 27th