Posts from r/Virginia on Thursday, 08/06
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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
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Virginia Gov. Spanberger takes unprecedented step to intervene in $67B Dominion-NextEra merger
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A Virginia school board bent over backward to block an LGBTQ+ club. One mom explains why she’s suing
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Full, unpaywalled text of Spanberger's opinion piece in The Washington Post: "Why I’m intervening in the Dominion-NextEra merger"
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Map of Virginia's Jurisdictions by Government Type
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2 baby giraffes went missing from a Virginia zoo. The feds say a double-crossing informant helped keep them hidden
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Study estimates $1.7B cost to expand subsidized childcare, raise teacher pay
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Hampton Roads’ groundwater supply is under threat, new analysis shows
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Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
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Former Gov. Youngkin leads national school choice policy group
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