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Looming budget battle: Northam’s spending plan relies on tax changes Republicans say hurt the middle class

Mechelle Hankerson - December 18, 2018

Cows graze in Tazewell County. One dairy farm a week has closed in Virginia this year. (Josh/Flickr/Creative Commons 2.0)

Virginia’s losing one dairy farm a week. Can cheese save the industry?

One state agency is trying to kill this invasive shrub. Another is planting it.

State health department wants extension of needle-exchange law

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Katie O'Connor - December 17, 2018

What’s up with the SCC and gas?

COMMENTARY Ivy Main - December 14, 2018

State water board will reconsider water-quality certification for Mountain Valley Pipeline

ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT Mechelle Hankerson - December 14, 2018

‘If I were Dominion I’d be panicked:’ Federal court vacates another Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit

COMMENTARY Robert Zullo - December 13, 2018

Former water board member: Lawsuit over pipeline violations is also an indictment of DEQ’s regulatory approach

COMMENTARY Roberta Kellam - December 13, 2018

Environmental groups find something to cheer about from the Northam adminstration

COMMENTARY Robert Zullo - December 13, 2018

Virginia should quickly adopt tax conformity, resolve policy debates separately

COMMENTARY Daniel Chenoweth - December 12, 2018

With a positive economic outlook, Northam proposes teacher pay raise, more money for school construction

EDUCATION Mechelle Hankerson - December 11, 2018

THE BULLETIN | News to know

Cannabis dispensary and casino could operate under same roof in Bristol; Goodlatte leaves Congress after 26 years; Preschool moves because of pipeline and more headlines

NEWS TO KNOW Ned Oliver - December 19, 2018

Virginia joins coalition designing carbon-capping transportation policy

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Katie O'Connor - December 18, 2018

Herring tells Blue Virginia he won’t take Dominion money

COMMENTARY Robert Zullo - December 18, 2018

Coal ash costs come into focus; Newport News shipbuilding offers buyouts; Commission to review Richmond Coliseum proposal; Another Chincoteague pony dies and more headlines

NEWS TO KNOW Ned Oliver - December 18, 2018