Raw Sewage Floods Potomac After Massive Pipe Failure
DC Water CEO responds as contamination levels climb to 12,000 times the safe limit amidst the largest sewage spill in U.S. history.
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Virginia Senate Panel Takes Up Battery Storage Mandate Backed by Gov. Spanberger
A Virginia Senate committee is scheduled to consider legislation directing the state’s two investor-owned utilities to develop large-scale battery storage projects, a proposal endorsed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger. The bill would require utilities to submit plans for...
Jury Awards $2 Million in New York Malpractice Case Over Teen Double Mastectomy
A Westchester County verdict found two clinicians liable for skipping safeguards and failing to secure fully informed consent before an irreversible surgery on a 16-year-old patient. Fox Varian, now 22, won a $2 million malpractice award against two New York...
Virginia Nurse Fired After TikTok Threats Against ICE Agents
A Virginia health care facility took swift action to terminate a nurse after she posted multiple videos to TikTok detailing methods for harming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including the use of paralysis drugs as a form of "resistance." A...
Fairfax County Casino Bill Advances in Virginia Senate
A Virginia Senate subcommittee on Friday advanced legislation that would allow Fairfax County to host a casino, reviving a controversial proposal that failed last year and setting the stage for renewed debate in the General Assembly. The Senate Committee on General...
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Fairfax County Casino Bill Advances in Virginia Senate
A Virginia Senate subcommittee on Friday advanced legislation that would allow Fairfax County to host a casino, reviving a controversial proposal that failed last year and setting the stage for renewed debate in the General Assembly. The Senate Committee on General...
Virginia Democrats Revive Push for New Local School Construction Sales Tax
Virginia lawmakers are reopening a familiar fight over how cities and counties pay for new school buildings and major renovations—this time with legislation that could give local governments new taxing power if voters sign off. Sen. Jeremy McPike, D-Prince William,...
Virginia May Bring Back Spring Elections — And More Voting Days
Virginia lawmakers are revisiting how local elections are scheduled, with a measure that could allow some communities to undo recent changes and return to spring election dates. HB 51, sponsored by Del. Rob Bloxom, R-Accomack, would allow some localities to reverse...
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Raw Sewage Floods Potomac After Massive Pipe Failure
Hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage have poured into the Potomac River since January, prompting D.C. Water’s CEO to issue an open letter as the crisis threatens to become one of the largest wastewater disasters in U.S. history. In the letter, Gadis described...
Virginia Senate Panel Takes Up Battery Storage Mandate Backed by Gov. Spanberger
A Virginia Senate committee is scheduled to consider legislation directing the state’s two investor-owned utilities to develop large-scale battery storage projects, a proposal endorsed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger. The bill would require utilities to submit plans for...
Virginia Power Bills Spike as Cold Weather, Rate Hikes, and Data Centers Squeeze Households
Virginians are opening their power bills this winter and feeling a gut punch as higher costs and less predictability continue to plague Virginian homes. A local report noted that some customers say their bills have doubled, in some cases tripled, during the latest...
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Raw Sewage Floods Potomac After Massive Pipe Failure
Hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage have poured into the Potomac River since January, prompting D.C. Water’s CEO to issue an open letter as the crisis threatens to become one of the largest wastewater disasters in U.S. history. In the letter, Gadis described...
Jury Awards $2 Million in New York Malpractice Case Over Teen Double Mastectomy
A Westchester County verdict found two clinicians liable for skipping safeguards and failing to secure fully informed consent before an irreversible surgery on a 16-year-old patient. Fox Varian, now 22, won a $2 million malpractice award against two New York...
Virginia Nurse Fired After TikTok Threats Against ICE Agents
A Virginia health care facility took swift action to terminate a nurse after she posted multiple videos to TikTok detailing methods for harming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including the use of paralysis drugs as a form of "resistance." A...