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Adding two members would give the county a 7-2 majority on the WJCC School Board.

Virginia’s new budget gives all but nine cities and counties the ability to hold referendums on sales taxes for school construction and renovation.

The funds will help the historic fortress upgrade utilities, pay for its master plan and add its first beachside public restrooms.

“We're here to say we're here, we're queer, we're proud of it,” said Brian Brewer, planning committee member.

County leaders say their workforce needs the space. Residents worry the cost is too high.

City Manager Michele DeWitt called it a “community commitment to tell a fuller story of Williamsburg and its enduring contribution to the American story.”

City council won’t consider any applications for data centers until planners finish regulations for the industry.

“They did everything that people have told them — that institutions have told them — they did not do,” said Jajuan Johnson, Lemon Project interim director.

Visit Virginia Beach Oceanfront with Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO's Kunle Falayi.

Some parents criticized his statement as segregationist and racist.