- Virginia voters begin to weigh in on redistricting amendment
- Virginia Senate panel spikes gambling centralization bill
- Curious Commonwealth asks: What’s the deal with the House of Delegates’ ceremonial mace?
- Virginia Democrats look to expand window to pay off back rent before eviction
- Mayor Danny Avula proposes Richmond’s $3.4B spending plan
$2B data center tax break fight pushes Virginia budget negotiations
Debate over a tax exemption that saved data centers nearly $2 billion in the last fiscal year has pushed negotiations on Virginia’s budget to the last possible moment during the 2026 regular legislative session.
Despite the efforts of lawmakers in both chambers, it appears increasingly unlikely that a deal can be reached by the time the General Assembly gavels out on Saturday.
Click here to read more about where the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates stand on the tax break, or check out more of Shaban Athuman’s photography from throughout the session.
BizSense Beat: Model Tobacco auction, Richmond budget, HCPS competition
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, host Lyndon German and BizSense’s Jonathan Spiers discuss the Model Tobacco Lofts building in Southside Richmond heading to a foreclosure auction later this month, fiscal year 2027 budget proposals from localities across the area and Henrico County students participating in a Shark Tank-style business pitch competition centered around the golf industry.
This week in VPM News Shorts: SCOVA’s new chief justice; DOD civil rights chief speaks at UVA Law
What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?
On Tuesday, we shared a clip from the Honorable Cleo Powell’s speech after her investiture as the first Black woman to lead the Supreme Court of Virginia.
And Megan Pauly closed the week with her reporting on Assistant US Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon — whose office is believed to be at the center of the federal pressure campaign that led to former University of Virginia President Jim Ryan’s ouster last summer — speaking at an event hosted by the UVA law school’s chapter of the Federalist Society.
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