HANER: Five Reasons To Reject Offshore Wind Project

Researchers at the University of Virginia are part of an ongoing effort to redesign wind turbines to be both more efficient and better protected from storm-scale winds, as described in this video you can find on a university website. What is the problem to be addressed? Says one of the engineers: As you get these larger wind […]

Virginia Man Charges Police With A Sword, Gets Shot

In a story where you have to wonder “what in the world was he thinking?”, a Virginia deputy in Spotsylvania reportedly shot a man after the suspect charged at him with a sword. Authorities have charged the 27-year-old suspect, Nicholas Gene Howell, with attempted malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer, according to The News & […]

Youngkin Tours Empower AI New Richmond Data Center

Empower AI, a provider of artificial intelligence technology for Medicare and Medicaid, held a grand opening at its new office outside Richmond. Governor Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of Health and Human Resources John Littel toured the office with company officials. “We think about the role that Medicaid and Medicare plays in the lives of so […]

Virginia Board Removes Bureaucratic Barriers to Obtain Cosmetology License

In an official announcement from Governor Youngkin, the board in control of cosmetology licenses in Virginia has voted to make it easier to obtain these licenses for Virginians with less government interference. The Virginia Board for Barbers and Cosmetology, a regulatory board under the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR), at its most recent […]

Envigo Beagle-Breeding-for-Testing at Cumberland Facility Settlement Ends ; “Huge Win for Humanity”

Envigo and DOJ officials announced a settlement in the government’s lawsuit against the Cumberland beagle-breeder-for-medical-testing; 4,000 beagles will be relinquished to the Humane Society of the United States and Envigo will be permanently prohibited from engaging in activity at the facility requiring an Animal Welfare Act license. “This settlement brings to an end the needless suffering […]

Three Virginia Congressmen Among 18 Votes Against Supporting Addition of Sweden, Finland to NATO

Virginia had the most representatives voting “nay” on Monday against a resolution supporting adding Sweden and Finland to NATO. The resolution passed with 394 votes in favor, just 18 votes against, all Republican, and 19 members not voting. Three of Virginia’s four Republican congressmen voted against the measure: Congressmen Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09), Bob Good (R-VA-05), and Ben […]

The University of Virginia Will Not Say If 4.7 Percent Tuition Increase Will Be Reversed

All but one public university in Virginia are taking steps to address students’ tuition burden after a call to action from the governor. Earlier this year, Glenn Youngkin requested that the commonwealth’s public universities reverse their planned tuition increases, citing inflation. The University of Virginia (UVA) is the only public university not to announce a plan to […]

Sears Calls out Biden, “‘Stop Gaslighting’ Americans”

Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears is blaming Biden for leaving the American people hanging on gas prices. Sears recently sat down with Fox News Digital for an exclusive interview on a wide range of topics, ranging from gas prices to the Biden administration’s deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, following her welcome remarks at the Christians United for Israel […]