By Madison Hirneisen
(The Center Square) - A panel of Virginia state Senate lawmakers defeated a torrent of Republican-backed education bills Thursday, including measures to require schools to maintain a catalog and identify library books with "graphic sexual content" and prevent transgender students from participating in sports aligned with their gender identity.
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The state's Department of Environmental Quality will consider allowing data centers in Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun County (the world's epicenter for data centers) to use generators to feed the power-hungry server farms.
From the public notice:
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A subcommittee of the House Rules Committee killed a resolution proposed by Delegate Candi Mundon King (D-Woodbridge, Stafford) resolution called the STARR Alert, which aims to notify auto repair shops of hit-and-run crashes, prompting the owners to be on the lookout for drivers that fled the scene of crashes might seek vehicle repairs.
In August 2022, 25-year-old Alexis Hicks was struck outside a Norfolk hospital and later succumbed to her injuries. The driver fled the scene, and the case remains unsolved.
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The resolution, HJ522, would have directed the state's Department of Energy be requested to study the impacts of data center development on Virginia's environment, economy, energy resources, and ability to meet carbon-reduction goals.
The measure comes as the Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved the Digital Gateway, more than 800 acres next to Manassas National Battlefield now marked for data center development. The centers -- hundreds of thousands of square feet wide and nearly 100 feet tall -- are server farms that power the internet.
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Delegate Candi Mundon King (D-Woodbridge, Stafford) filed a bill to ban the names and faces of anyone who took up arms against the federal government, committed acts of treason, or could be considered an insurrectionist from state license plates.
Virginia offers more specialized places than most other states in the union. The bill is awaiting action in the House of Delegates Committee on Transportation.
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By Madison Hirneisen
(The Center Square) - A bill that would increase the standard tax deduction for both individual and joint filers, and lower Virginia's top personal income tax rate was passed along party lines by a committee of lawmakers Wednesday.
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Over the last few years, many Virginia officials have made it clear they don't want the state to officially venerate Robert E. Lee anymore...After a Northern Virginia constituent asked about the issue, Del. Candi Mundon King, D-Prince William, says it's time for the license plates to go too. And she's filed a bill to get rid of them.
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By Madison Hirneisen
(The Center Square) - A bill backed by Virginia Republican lawmakers to create "Education Success Accounts" to help parents pay for education expenses - including private school tuition - sparked debate among lawmakers Tuesday before clearing its first hurdle in a House of Delegates subcommittee.
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Updated -- Delegate Danica Roem (D) has filed a bill allowing the General Assembly to change the town's Election Day, moving it from spring to fall.
Starting last fall, voters began electing its mayor and town council members on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
