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Statewide environmental news roundup – November 2023
“A new report found Dominion Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan does not align with Virginia’s climate goals. Dominion wants to keep using gas and coal-fired power plants, citing data center expansion in Northern Virginia but the Virginia Clean Economy Act mandated Dominion to use 100% renewable electricity by 2045. Dominion’s plan does meet Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s energy plan, which relies on both fossil fuels and renewables.”
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City Council postpones action on Bluestone Town Center grant funds
The Harrisonburg City Council was set to discuss Bluestone Town Center project once again at Tuesday’s meeting but decided to hold off until the next meeting because two members were out of town.
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At least the NCAA can’t be a wet blanket about College GameDay
Buy your groceries early, make your dinner reservations now, and batten down your hatches, because GameDay is coming back to town.
After nearly 30 years, Harrisonburg school board updates district’s policy on homework
While homework for K-12 students might look a lot different thanks to technology than it did in the 1990s, the Harrisonburg city schools’ policy about homework hadn’t changed — until now.
Sen. Obenshain, Del. Wilt reelected to General Assembly, and Republicans roll in Rockingham County
Sen. Mark Obenshain and Del. Tony Wilt, both Republican incumbents, won return trips to the state legislature on Tuesday night in newly redrawn districts. Obenshain — running in the new 2nd Senate District that includes Harrisonburg, and precincts in Rockingham, Augusta, Page, Highland and Bath counties — defeated Democrat Kathy Beery and Joshua Huffman, a libertarian candidate.
Employees at city vinyl pressing shop unanimously vote to unionize
The employees at Blue Sprocket Pressing, a vinyl pressing plant located in Harrisonburg, have voted to unionize, joining Teamsters Local Union No. 29 based in Verona.
Two state Senate candidates join together for ‘paper debate’ after Sen. Obenshain misses forums
Two candidates vying for the newly re-districted Virginia 2nd Senate seat have joined together to send newspaper subscribers a “paper debate” in response to their other opponent, Sen. Mark Obenshain, not attending forums and debates in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 7 election.
Area election candidates who showed up find more common ground than disagreement at forum
If elections are job interviews for public officials, only a handful of those job candidates showed up to answer questions from their future bosses — the public — on Monday night.
