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Regulators getting cozy with gambling interests? Also Nic Cage, poop and a Roanoke riverwalk
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. How cozy are state regulators with the company hoping to bring casino gambling to Virginia? So cozy that, when accused of being too cozy, the chairman of the Virginia Racing Commission let the company’s representatives ghost write the first draft of a letter […]
New potential source of money for schools; a moon over Roanoke County and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere.Internet sales tax for schools?State Sen. Bill Stanley is pitching a plan to direct a coming windfall in state internet sales tax collections to repairing and replacing public school buildings. A 2013 study found more than three out of five of Virginia’s 2,030 school […]
Was Blackbeard’s killing extrajudicial? Also: Dominion seeks a way around pipeline stop-work order
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. A defense attorney is trying to get an MS-13 murder trial moved out of Bedford County, arguing local news coverage combined with national debate over the gang and immigration have prejudiced potential jurors. – The News & Advance A Charlottesville couple is suing the […]
D.C. spent at least $2.6 million policing rally; A tree falls at Mount Vernon and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Washington D.C. estimates it spent at least $2.6 million policing the white nationalist rally Sunday, which drew about 20 attendees and thousands of counterprotesters. – The Washington Post The Roanoke School Board is trying to raise $185,000 to cover the cost of renaming Stonewall Jackson […]
Blast freezing chickens; Officers allegedly assaulted in Charlottesville and other news
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Norfolk Public Schools accidentally posted detailed school security plans online that included teacher cellphones and identified students with medical needs who might require special help. – The Virginian-Pilot A new cold storage facility planned for Rockingham County is expected to create 88 new jobs and […]
Norfolk treasurer’s corruption conviction upheld; fighting solar panels; flood damage in Lynchburg
Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Carter Turner, a Roanoke County Democrat and administrator at Radford University, filed to run for the House of Delegates seat vacated by Del. Greg Habeeb. – The Roanoke Times A three-judge panel upheld former Norfolk treasurer and councilman Anthony Burfoot’s public corruption convictions. He was found guilty […]
State tuition increasing; rent-to-own contracts under fire; and the power of a Board of Pharmacy ID
Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. State college tuition will go up an average of five percent this year, which works out to about $612 more for an in-state student. – Richmond Times-Dispatch The state booted a Board of Pharmacy member, accusing her of using her board ID to gain access to a […]
Dead voter on Shaun Brown petition; Richmond educators resign amid scandal; Central State patient wins judgment
NEWS TO KNOW Our round-up of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere Dead voter appears on petition Reports last week that U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor’s staff helped gather signatures to get an opponent on the ballot were strange enough. Now, several of those signatures have been called into question: One belongs to someone who moved, another […]
Grave-robbing at UVA; Fraudulent crab meat; No separate Metro car for Nazis and other news to know
Corey Stewart gets the The New York Times treatment in this profile that scrutinizes his campaign’s strong appeal to white nationalists, some of whom have served as security at his campaign events. “While Mr. Stewart has disavowed some on the extreme right, interviews with dozens of his friends, colleagues, supporters and fellow Republicans yielded a […]
Meth, cocaine overdoses climbing; bringing ‘Dixie’ back and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our round-up of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Meth and cocaine overdoses are climbing The Roanoke Times reports that 398 people died last year from overdoses related to cocaine and 88 people died after using meth. The numbers started rising in 2016, the paper reports, and fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid, figured in […]
Stiffer marijuana penalties for black residents; Habeeb to step down; RIP Butterfly Kisses
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily round-up of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Black Virginia residents face stiffer marijuana penalties They’re also more likely to be charged in the first place, making up 50 percent of all first-time arrests, reports Dave Ress at the Daily Press. That’s despite black residents representing just a fifth of the population […]
Richmond’s yearly reminder that hosting the Redskins is a bad deal and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily round-up of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. The Redskins returned to summer training camp in Richmond, prompting a fresh round of agonizing about how terrible the agreement with the team has been for the city. Mayor Levar Stoney and City Council Members marked the occasion by reiterating they would rather […]