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

Mechelle Hankerson - November 13, 2018

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

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS

U.S. Supreme Court will hear Virginia redistricting case

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS

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

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

ELECTION 2018 Mechelle Hankerson - November 13, 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

A court order to keep polls open later on Election Day wasn’t followed, Republicans say

ELECTION 2018 Mechelle Hankerson - November 8, 2018

State board will decide permit for Buckingham compressor station, focus of Virginia’s biggest environmental justice debate

ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT Samantha Willis - November 8, 2018

Legislative panel punts on medical-aid-in-dying proposal; recommends bills aimed at improving health care in jails

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Katie O'Connor - November 8, 2018

Women carry Democrats to victory in Virginia House races

ELECTION 2018 Ned Oliver - November 7, 2018

THE BULLETIN | News to know

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

Crystal City gets half of new Amazon HQ; Mary Baldwin students reject art as ‘racist;’ Man in fracas with Tucker Carlson weighs legal action and more headlines

NEWS TO KNOW Ned Oliver - November 13, 2018

Election season isn’t over for all Virginians

ELECTION 2018 Mechelle Hankerson - November 12, 2018

A Virginia prison first; more Bird scooters seized; veterans honored; downsizing continues at Pilot, Daily Press and more headlines

NEWS TO KNOW Ned Oliver - November 12, 2018