Category: Virginia Mercury

• “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

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has sued New York, Connecticut and Vermont over laws that allow immigrants in the country without permanent legal status to pay in-state college tuition in the states where they live. The suits, filed Aug. 10, are part of a larger push from the Trump

• “Virginia sets clearer triggers for nursing home sanctions.” — Axios Richmond • “‘ICE agent pulls gun on Virginia woman who yelled at them in parking lot.” — NBC News • “Zero sanitizer found at McLean-area restaurant.” — Patch • “Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation adopts master plan for