RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following executive order (No. 22): * * * ESTABLISHING NEW NATION-LEADING STANDARDS AND INITIATIVES TO IMPLEMENT THE VIRGINIA DATA CENTER ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK AND RESPONDING TO UNPRECEDENTED RISK FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE By virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor under Article V of the Constitution of Virginia and under the laws of the Commonwealth, including, but not limited to, Sec. Sec. 2.2-103 and 2.2-110 of the Code of Virginia, I hereby dir more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * ELECT to Notify Over 200,000 Newly Reenfranchised Virginians They Are Now Eligible to Vote * RICHMOND, Va. -The January decision in King v. O'Bannon held Virginia may only deny the right to vote for a subset of felony convictions that were common law felonies in 1870. Previously, Virginia stripped people of the right to vote for all felony convictions. Prior to the court's order, Virginia denied the right to vote to over 260,000  more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * September 18, 2026 Court Strikes Down Trump's EPA Cancellation of $7 Billion Solar for All Program Federal judge rules agency unlawfully ended program aimed at lowering energy bills and expanding access to solar Washington D.C. - A federal judge has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency unlawfully canceled the $7 billion Solar for All program, striking down the agency's decision to end a nationwide program design more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jones Announces Price Gouging Protections in Effect Amid Prolonged and Severe Drought Conditions Across the Commonwealth State of emergency declared to provide emergency support to Virginians due to the disaster's significant impact to agribusiness operations and imminent risk to livestock health and production - Richmond, VA - Governor Spanberger's declaration of a state of emergency triggered Virginia's anti-pri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * September 18th, 2026 Warner, Kaine Statement on the Trump Administration's Repeal of an Executive Order to Clean Up the Chesapeake Bay WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement on the Trump administration's repeal of an executive order to clean up the Chesapeake Bay: "For more than a decade-and-a-half, the federal government has worked alongside states and local communities to restore the Ch more PR