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10+ hour, 33+ min ago  (398+ words) (The Center Square) " Virginia lawmakers approved a two-year state budget Monday that includes a temporary tax on data centers, creates the framework for a regulated adult-use cannabis market and makes policy changes affecting energy, childcare and state government. And gives…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago  (486+ words) Democratic leaders in the Virginia General Assembly reached an agreement on a state budget with a compromise on taxing data centers. The proposed budget agreement, announced last Friday evening, kept the sales and use tax exemption for data centers, which…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (118+ words) A Norfolk police officer shot and killed a dog Sunday afternoon in the 6400 block of Crescent Way while responding to another call. According to a police spokeswoman, police were called to the home around 3: 40 p. m. for a report of an accidental,…...

16+ hour, 26+ min ago  (50+ words) Norfolk police responded to separate events on Crescent Way on Sunday afternoon. A gunshot wound call led to an encounter with a dog, they said. Norfolk police responded to separate events on Crescent Way on Sunday afternoon. A gunshot wound…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago  (889+ words) Over the past five years, several Virginia localities have generated just $119 million total from a targeted sales tax to fund school construction and maintenance, fueling calls to expand the tax statewide. When lawmakers first established the tax in 2021, a state…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago  (426+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH " A new policy reducing technology's reach in the classrooms of Virginia Beach's youngest learners marks a turning point for the methods of instruction to students in an increasingly electronic reality. The policy additionally calls for an annual review…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (130+ words) NORFOLK, Va. " Norfolk police are investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead. Officers responded to the 8000 block of Hampton Boulevard around 4: 20 p. m. on June 19 for a reported two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering…...

9+ hour, 17+ min ago  (291+ words) RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia lawmakers are back at the Statehouse Monday, prepared to take a final vote on the state's budget after months of internal disagreements." The deadline to get an approved spending plan to the governor's desk is June 30, now…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago  (336+ words) One speed camera caught more than 600 drivers in Norfolk last month. New figures have been released for May's speeding statistics in the county. The fixed speed camera on the A148 at Hillington, King's Lynn, caught more drivers than any other camera…...

16+ hour, 36+ min ago  (510+ words) Lee Purves, communications manager at RWE, discusses the archaeological discoveries made by the teams working on its Norfolk offshore wind farms. Wind energy projects are usually associated with infrastructure, investment and the important role they will play in the UK's…...