Category: Virginia Mercury

A federal judge in Roanoke on Friday declined seven Virginia business owners’ request to eliminate a new regulation that removes an exception to the state’s limit of 2 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per product package. The new standard took effect Aug. 15.  The entrepreneurs had asked the U.S. District Court

The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved by voice vote its lineup of six early primaries for the 2028 election cycle, kicking off with South Carolina and Nevada. DNC Chair Ken Martin said during Saturday’s meeting that the early lineup reflects the diversity of the party’s electorate.  “Our 2028 nominee,

• “Suspect in Virginia State University shooting arrested, found hiding in closet.” — WRIC  • “Henry County suspends Flock camera access as privacy debate grows.” — Martinsville Bulletin • “Virginia Beach mulls data center moratorium until it can devise regulations.” — WHRO • “Virginia could owe $266M for SNAP benefits

As a single mother balancing work against earning a nursing degree, Yvettrise Hoskie thought homeownership was out of her reach. Now, she’s settling into a Henrico County townhome development.  The county’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund helped with her downpayment, but the financial assistance was made possible by one of the

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft feasibility study proposing scaled-down protection without structural elements like floodwalls for vulnerable portions of Hampton and Poquoson got a frosty reception from  Hampton’s city manager during a recent presentation to City Council. The $4.2 billion Coastal Storm Risk Management plan, now open to

With new research showing that black lung disease among Appalachian coal miners has reached an almost 50-year high, advocates are demanding federal regulations be enforced. The data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is also part of a peer-reviewed research letter from the National Institute

Michael Turner, a county supervisor in Loudoun County, Virginia, estimates that the public perception of hyperscale data centers has shifted considerably in the last six to nine months — and he isn’t sure why. Turner, a government official in the county with one of the world’s highest concentrations of data

A new settlement with Hampton Roads landlord David Merryman — who is currently serving a 17-year sentence for defrauding the federal government — means several of his former tenants will receive a piece of $2.5 million in financial compensation over the next year.  Merryman must sell his Virginia properties, numbering

Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, lamenting the neutering of a law that had propelled African Americans – especially in the South – into choosing their own leaders without fear of violence, murder or lesser polling

• “Firefighters union censures Spanberger over collective bargaining.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch • “James City County partners with Virginia Commonwealth University to test drone defibrillator delivery.” — WHRO • “(Virginia Lt. Gov.) Hashmi teams up with Virginia Humanities for student poetry contest.” — CBS 19 • “‘A beautiful tradition’: What goes