Maryland officials are warning that massive electricity demands from data centers, many tied to artificial intelligence development outside the state, could end up costing Maryland ratepayers more on their monthly power bills.
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Voters across the Commonwealth cast ballots Tuesday for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, along with all 100 seats in the House of Delegates and select local contests. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and anyone in line by 7 p.m. may vote, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.
Virginia Democrats who campaigned on protecting abortion rights have swept this year’s legislative elections, retaking full control of the General Assembly after two years of divided power.
Virginia legislative candidates raised more than $20 million in cash and other donations in just over two months in the run-up to next week’s primary election.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has defended his decision not to join most of his Republican counterparts across the country in supporting a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the abortion medication mifepristone
Donations from business executives, attorneys and corporate interests ranging from real estate to finance helped power Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s main fundraising arm to a record-breaking nearly $2.7 million haul in the year’s first quarter, campaign finance records filed this week show.
The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has worked through scores of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed amendments to legislation during a one-day session in Richmond, agreeing to most of his changes.
Long-serving Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw is announcing plans to retire.
A judge in Virginia dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that had sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors, including by booksellers and libraries.
Police investigating a crash that injured more than a dozen people at a popular northern Virginia pub over the weekend said Monday that they don't believe the crash was intentional.