Author: Tommy Turner
The thousand-dollar line
I read every noise rule in Virginia that could reach a data center. There are 73 of them across 43 jurisdictions, and the one that stopped me was not a decibel limit. It was a budget line. It is in a Loudoun County staff report from September 2016. The county
“Remember the little guy”: Kaine hears from Virginia farmers as Canada trade fight drives up concern
Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sat down with Virginia agricultural and forestry producers Monday to hear how the escalating trade dispute could affect an industry already
Voters will decide whether to enshrine marriage equality in Virginia and more headlines
• “Voters will decide whether to enshrine marriage equality in Virginia.” — VPM • “‘Mitigating the harm’: Virginia prepares for sweeping Medicaid changes.” — WTOP • “Veterans with vision loss find new ‘eyes’ through AI glasses.” — Cardinal News • “Cost to fix deteriorating landfill falls on Virginia taxpayers.” —
New law lets Virginia schools start earlier
(The Center Square) – Virginia students can head back to class earlier under a change to state law giving local school boards more flexibility over when the school year begins. The change comes as students across the Richmond area return to classrooms this week. The law, which took effect July 1, allows school divisions to…
Postal Service moves ahead with mail ballot rule amid court battle
WASHINGTON — With just over two months until the November midterms, a federal district judge in Massachusetts is chastising the Trump administration for sowing confusion and “creating” an emergency by noticing a rule Friday that the U.S. Postal Service will eventually require federally regulated mail-in ballot voting envelopes and state
Last Virginia gun ban case put on hold
(The Center Square) – The last pending state court challenge to Virginia’s new assault weapons restrictions has been put on hold as courts await guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court. A Lancaster County judge Friday granted a stay in John Crump, et al. v. Jeffrey S. Katz, a challenge to Virginia’s restrictions on certain semiautomatic…
What Virginia’s assault weapons ban pause means for gun owners and more headlines
• “What Virginia’s assault weapons ban pause means for gun owners and retailers.” — WSET • “Virginia SUN Bucks food program has an approaching deadline for families.” — WRIC • “Virginia Black Expo draws thousands to Main Street Station: ‘A rising tide raises all ships.’” — WTVR • “Virginia Beach
Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.
Three years in a row of losing in the legislature might persuade some people to give up trying to get what they want. For members of the group Quiet Clean Virginia, their losing record simply challenged them to seek another path to victory. Quiet Clean Virginia and its affiliate groups
J&J loses attack on talc researchers, couldn’t prove malice
(Legal Newsline) – Researchers who published a paper claiming 75 cancer patients had no “known exposure to asbestos” other than Johnson & Johnson cosmetic talc even though some had sued over other exposures cannot be accused of trade libel, a judge has ruled. No jury could conclude Theresa S. Emory, John C. Maddox and Richard…
Chesapeake Regional may avoid criminal trial, but former OB-GYN Perwaiz’s patients are still suing
By Yiqing Wang/WHRO Federal prosecutors said this week they have reached a tentative deferred prosecution agreement with Chesapeake Regional Medical Center for charges related to disgraced former OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz. The deal would require the hospital to admit certain facts, accept an independent monitor, repay health care programs and create a $12.8
