Alexandria’s DASH buses carried a record 6.9 million riders last fiscal year. Now, to close a budget gap, DASH has proposed emergency service cuts that could begin Jan. 31, 2027. I, and others in Grassroots Alexandria, do not support cuts that fall hardest…
The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) announced today that Virginia has been ranked #5 in the country for "Innovation and Research Ecosystem" in Area Development's 2026 Top States for Doing Business report. This latest recognition follows Virginia's Top 10 national ranking (#6) for "Technology…
(The Center Square) – Louisiana is moving to an invitation-only process for data centers seeking lucrative state tax exemptions, as the state remains unable to estimate how much revenue it stands to lose through the incentive program. Louisiana Economic Development announced…
Project would strengthen the grid while using existing routes to limit community impacts. FAIRMONT, W.Va., Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Potomac Edison, a FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) Company, is seeking approval from the State Corporation Commission of Virginia to move forward with a…
Virginia must implement pragmatic solutions and marry natural gas with renewables, the Progressive Policy Institute’s Neel Brown writes. Although Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s carefully considered and well-intentioned 2026 Virginia Energy Plan sets ambitious goals, its modeling relies on assumptions that clash with…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana Economic Development announced new requirements for data center companies to receive tax breaks. In the announcement, Landry said the state will now refer to the facilities as "digital factories," although the Data Center…
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] It may already be too late. Does a scarier sentence exist? As a former government intelligence analyst – and a mom – I’m long used to pondering worst-case scenarios. You hope for the best while planning for the…
Electrical infrastructure is seen near Entergy's Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in Killona on Thursday, July 9, 2026. Louisiana’s investor-owned power utilities — Entergy, Cleco Power and Southwestern Electric Power Company —will now have to participate in research to advance nuclear energy in the…
A U.S. Geological Survey analysis estimates that coastal Louisiana lost approximately 25% of its 1932 land area by 2016. That coastwide estimate does not establish land loss at the proposed data-center sites or attribute it to this project. CNBC reported that the Shelby County…
ominion Energy, the American utility headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, filed its 2026 integrated resource plan on October 15, updating its long-term energy roadmap. Dominion’s preferred plan includes the initial storage requirements, with further additions selected on cost. The IRP models future development,…
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