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With compressor station decision pending, Northam replaces two members of state air board

Mechelle Hankerson - November 15, 2018

Dominion's power station in Chesterfield in Sept 2017.

ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT

Flurry of action on Dominion’s coal ash risks, closure plans sets stage for next General Assembly session to settle the issue

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS

Virginia got a deal on its half of Amazon’s HQ2 compared to New York, but is it really ‘zero risk’?

Boon or boondoggle? Officials, lawmakers, academics weigh in on proposed Amazon ‘megadeal’

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Mechelle Hankerson - November 13, 2018

Speaker of the House of Delegates, Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, stands in the chamber. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)

U.S. Supreme Court will hear Virginia redistricting case

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Robert Zullo - November 13, 2018

Voter registration through the DMV can be an imperfect process, one voter learns

ELECTION 2018 Mechelle Hankerson - November 13, 2018

Landlords and tenant advocates agree on broad strokes of eviction diversion program

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Ned Oliver - November 13, 2018

Tim Kaine and Ralph Northam won in 14 Republican-held state House and Senate districts

ELECTION 2018 Ned Oliver - November 12, 2018

A ‘game changer?’ Proposed Medicaid benefit would cover housing services

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Katie O'Connor - November 12, 2018

Air board delays Buckingham compressor station permit decision

ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT Mechelle Hankerson - November 9, 2018

‘God knows what’s right, and hopefully you do, too:’ Opponents urge air board to reject permit for pipeline compressor station

ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT Samantha Willis - November 9, 2018

THE BULLETIN | News to know

Report: Federal fines rare in gas pipeline explosions

COMMENTARY Robert Zullo - November 15, 2018

Amazon news keeps coming; Fredericksburg’s new baseball team; Lynchburg teachers rally for pay increases and more headlines

NEWS TO KNOW Mechelle Hankerson - November 15, 2018

A truck-load of Amazon news; Hate crimes increase; Cutting the cost of prison health care; InfoWars defends Charlottesville lawsuit; Claire Danes talks up Richmond and more headlines

NEWS TO KNOW Ned Oliver - November 14, 2018

Virginia promised Amazon it will withhold as many public records as possible and warn the company when it can’t

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Ned Oliver - November 13, 2018