Virginia Beach Del. Alex Askew’s effort passed the 2025 session along party lines, but Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed it saying, “narrowly targeting specific organizations to gain or lose such tax exemptions sets an inappropriate precedent.”

Here’s a look at environmental legislation that survived the final stages of this year’s General Assembly session.

A year after consultants presented a housing study, Norfolk’s mayor said the panel of mostly city officials will develop an action plan.

Paper cups were previously considered unrecyclable because of their typical plastic lining, but the industry says that’s changing.

Erik Neil, director of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, called the Institute for Museum and Library Services “one of the most efficiently run places you can imagine.”

To account for immediate tariff impacts, the utility plans to increase customers’ monthly energy bills by an average of 4 cents over the life of the project.

Pushes to turn back the clock on higher education are working

The ambassador spoke before the World Affairs Council of Hampton Roads Friday.

“This one, little tiny shell had such a big impact on so many different people,” said museum assistant Will Pell.