'Business is good': Northam hails $2.6 billion surplus in speech to money committees
Gov. Ralph Northam in a speech to lawmakers Wednesday praised the state’s historic $2.6 billion revenue surplus — promising to direct some of those funds to pandemic recovery, state police salaries and the state’s struggling behavioral health system in his coming budget.
Va. Redistricting Commission votes to allow use of political data, reject university map-drawers
The most revealing moment of the Virginia Redistricting Commission’s meeting Tuesday may have come during a bathroom break.
Va. is ready to deploy COVID vaccine booster doses
As COVID cases are on the rise again, driven by the delta variant of the coronavirus, the Virginia Department of Health has begun administering third COVID-19 vaccine doses to immunocompromised people and is ready to expand third-dose booster vaccinations to more Virginia residents on Sept. 20, the target date set by the federal government, state vaccination coordinator Dr. Danny Avula said Thursday.
Most Virginia hospitals and nursing homes aren’t mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their employees
(…) While some major hospital systems in Virginia have introduced employee vaccine requirements — including Inova in Northern Virginia, VCU Health in Richmond and Valley Health in the northwestern corner of the state — the majority of Virginia’s roughly 27 health systems are not currently mandating vaccinations for their employees.
Virginia gubernatorial campaigns ramp up grassroots efforts
With Election Day now less than three months away, Virginia gubernatorial candidates are ramping up their grassroots, get-out-the-vote efforts.
Suit: Changing prisoner count weakens rural, GOP districts
A Republican state senator is among a group of people suing the Virginia Redistricting Commission over plans to count prisoners at their last known address instead of the prisons where they’re incarcerated.
Afghan evacuees to arrive in the U.S. through Virginia and Wisconsin military bases
WASHINGTON — The first U.S. stop for the nearly 2,000 Afghan interpreters and other refugees evacuated so far amid the collapse of the Afghan government has been central Virginia’s Fort Lee military base.
DOJ civil rights official urges Congress to act soon on voting rights
WASHINGTON — A top Justice Department official on Monday stressed the need for Congress to pass legislation named after the late Georgia civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis in order to protect voting rights across the United States.
Virginia lawmakers already discussing speeding up retail marijuana sales
Virginia lawmakers are already discussing speeding up the three-year delay between marijuana legalization last month and the beginning of retail sales.
310 Va. companies make this year’s Inc. 5000 list
This year, 310 Virginia companies are ranked on the most recent Inc. 5000. Inc. magazine released its annual list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately-held companies Tuesday morning.
VBC: Employers should encourage employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Leaders from the largest businesses in Virginia are calling on employers to encourage their eligible employees to get COVID-19 vaccines.
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