"They need only recognize one basic fact: faculty members are workers, too. People who can be fired without due process, denied benefits or strung along on semester-to-semester contracts should not be carved out of legislation..."
"Amazon Data Services is acquiring George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology campus for $427 million, the university said on Monday, part of a rapid expansion of infrastructure to support artificial intelligence."
"In it, Cardwell said the lengthy dispute over the phone reflected "a general lack of respect for the Court's orders" that forced a nine-month trial delay and drove up costs."
"A bill seeking to clarify what is already in Virginia Code regarding how citizens can enforce their rights under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has been continued to next General Assembly session."
"For the first time, we are hearing directly from the two men who were found not guilty of a Sussex County police officer’s 1998 murder, yet still sentenced to life in prison."
"With minimal political power at the state level, Stuart is using his platform as the King George County Attorney to influence the way local officials and residents view partisan divides in Richmond."
not enough folks talking about this kinda thing!
“My thought is whatever they are exposed to, it’s not just causing cancers,” Smith said. “Its acting just like cancer. Whatever these kids are being exposed to, it’s causing autoimmune diseases as well.”
"U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Alexandria, called the war “not smart, it is not legal, it is not morally right, and it is not in our national interest,” urging House leaders to reconvene and vote on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution."
"Sen. Danica Roem... identified data centers as a top priority for her constituents who live in Northern Virginia, where most of the facilities are concentrated.
“We’ve got to do something about this,” Roem said. “This is the do-something moment.”"
"A spokesperson for the governor declined to comment on the lawsuit but noted that the governor fully supports the steps Krenz-Schnurman has taken in filing the lawsuit."
"Environmental groups are challenging Virginia’s water permit for a natural gas pipeline, asserting in a new lawsuit that the decision puts the state’s waterways at risk."
"A proposal moving through the General Assembly would prompt the state’s first regulations on protecting workers from heat stress."
“When the rupture happened, it went onto the ground first and then ran into the river. All that muck is still on the ground, because it was covered in ice"
"For a century, the waterfront served primarily as a site for industry and workers’ housing. The owners and managers dwelt on the hills above, in what became Church Hill and Monroe Ward, often in big houses with veranda views of both the river..."
"Workers described having passports confiscated, being served food that made them sick and having no heating or air conditioning or sheets on beds. One worker fled a worksite after being denied access to proper medical care."
"Students at Williamsburg-James City County’s high schools walked out of class for a 15-minute protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement today."
"An appeal to be filed on their behalf by the Southern Environmental Law Center will argue that the new plant in Chesterfield County would not comply with either the state’s environmental justice or clean economy acts."
"Several candidates, who were not listed by the DCCC but are running in the same districts called out the group for its role in advancing candidates in primary races."
"The five tenured faculty and one tenure-track assistant professor say they were abruptly removed from the station without notice, in violation of procedural protections provided by tenure, VSU’s Severance Policy, and the Faculty Handbook."
"Roanoke Circuit Court Judge Leisa Ciaffone in November ordered the water authority to release the records after The Rambler's founder sued, arguing that the numbers are not proprietary."
"The 84 emails, which included 74 employee layoffs, had the names of the employees redacted but not their positions, which had not yet been publicly revealed."
“This expansion appears to have occurred without transparent public Commission action, clear statutory authorization or reconciliation with existing regulatory limits,” Krizek and Aird wrote in their Dec. 4 letter.
"The city has spent over $671,000 defending the suit, nearly triple the $250,000 Clay initially sought, according to figures Richmond officials provided Axios."
"The City of Lynchburg filed a lawsuit in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking clarification on whether it may move forward with the redistricting referendum, or whether the latest ruling from Tazewell Circuit Court prevents it."
