VPM Daily Newscast: March 14, 2024
The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Episodes are recorded the night before.
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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of March 14, 2024:
Rocky road: Some transportation bills await Youngkin’s action, while others stalled out
Reported by VPM News’ Ian Stewart
The proposals included everything from allowing localities to impound all-terrain vehicles in some situations to lowering speed limits.
Hampton Roads searching for long-term waste solutions
For decades, the Southeastern Public Service Authority has taken most of the trash it collects to a Portsmouth plant that burns it and creates steam energy. That plant’s closing at the end of June.
In other news:
- $1.4B Henrico budget plan would double business license tax exemption (Richmond BizSense)*
- UVA president to meet with grad students who have protested late payments for more than a year (The Daily Progress)*
In case you missed it:
- Family Foundation: Youngkin signing marriage equality bill a 'major disappointment' (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*
- Petersburg-based company to reactivate critical minerals mining operations in Dinwiddie, Sussex (Virginia Mercury)
*This outlet utilizes a paywall.
