Virginia faces June deadline to approve budget as leaders weigh data center tax breaks

Democrats control the Virginia House, Senate, and governor’s mansion. But despite one party controlling every level of state ...
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FBI searches Virginia Senate leader's office as part of corruption probe, AP sources say

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s hometown office and her neighboring cannabis shop Wednesday, bringing into public view what two people familiar with the ...
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Senate proposes getting rid of billion-dollar tax break for data centers in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia data centers may soon have to pay up. “They can keep building em, they just need to pay their fair share of taxes, that’s all,” Senator Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) told ...

Virginia Democrats’ impasse over data centers could lead to first-ever partial government shutdown

Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are at an impasse over data center development, a standoff that could trigger a partial ...
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Union members confront Virginia senators as budget hangs on data center tax breaks

I’ve already lost a marriage, traveling, for 15 years, trying to feed my family,” said Richmond IEBW 666 member Dorian Hargrave. ‘I’d like to have this economy bolstered and stay like it is, right ...
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Virginia Senate committee advances gun control bills, rejects mandatory minimum proposal

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia Senate committee has advanced several bills aimed at tightening the state’s gun laws, while rejecting a proposal to increase mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearm ...