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Team Virginia has its first gold in the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, a gold in pickleball, earned by Dominick Powell and Keith Walker, a Unified pair from Henrico County.
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The Virginia gambling debate has moved beyond legalizing or limiting bets. It now works as a stress test for state regulation and gambling laws.
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The Virginia State Bar has issued a public reprimand of Augusta County-based criminal defense attorney Thomas Weidner, related to Weidner’s actions in the representation of Felecia Neil.
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Virginia Tech has found a replacement for Whit Babcock, with the appointment of Brian White, the athletics director at Florida Atlantic.
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We all use our phones, so the explosion in need for massive data centers, it’s our fault, but we’re also right to be upset at how we’re just letting these data centers go up with no concern for local and environmental impacts.
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Virginia needs to strengthen state laws governing the review process for the proposed $66.8 billion purchase of Dominion Energy by the Florida-based NextEra Energy.
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Watching sports is a social activity that’s much more fun when done in the right setting. There is a trend to replicate a bar atmosphere in a private setting.
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The Virginia Department of Forestry wrapped up its annual Throwing Shade VA campaign in May, selling 10,500 native trees and shrubs to 3,500 customers at 31 participating nursery locations.
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The billions in data center tax breaks that most of us detest will survive the 2026 budget fight, with word from Senate Finance & Appropriations Chair Louise Lucas and House Appropriations Chair Luke Torian that legislators have reached a compromise on the biennial budget.
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Special Olympics Virginia departed on Friday to begin its journey to Minneapolis for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games.
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