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With Democrats in charge, Spanberger targets lower energy bills — and higher costs for data centers

Fresh off a decisive election night, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy.
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Centra South Side Community Hospital to close labor and delivery unit in Farmville

Starting on Dec. 19, Farmville-area expectant parents will need to travel to Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg — ...
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Virginia lawmakers advance $400M transit funding plan as Metro costs surge

As inflation drives up the cost of running buses and trains, a panel of Virginia lawmakers has finalized a list of ...
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Voters decided Jones’ texts paled in comparison to threats against economy, democracy

Lance Watson, senior pastor of a large Baptist congregation in Richmond, must have spoken for hundreds of thousands of ...
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Youngkin, Spanberger talk administrative transition with an eye on food security and health care

Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger and Gov. Glenn Youngkin stepped out of the Executive Mansion on Thursday with their spouses, ...
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The ‘Dutch Dialogues’ changed Hampton Roads’ relationship with water. Ten years later, what’s next?

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO A decade ago, a group of engineers and water experts from the Netherlands visited Hampton Roads and ...