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Hampton Roads school bus driver shortage: 4 districts heading into new year short on drivers (opens the original)
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach, Hampton, Portsmouth, and Newport News school divisions are heading into the new school year with school bus driver vacancies. Virginia Beach is looking to fill 34 school bus driver positions, along with 34 bus assistant positions. Hampton has 14 openings, and Portsmouth is seeking to fill 10. Newport News has the largest shortage in the region. The school division's executive director of transportation, Shay Coates, said the division is looking for about 70
Speaker Johnson to campaign for Kiggans in competitive VA-2 race (opens the original)
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NORFOLK, Va. — House Speaker Mike Johnson is coming to Virginia Beach Monday to campaign for Rep. Jen Kiggans as the race for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District draws national attention. The contest is a rematch from 2022, when Republican Jen Kiggans defeated Democrat Elaine Luria. Political analysts say the speaker's visit signals just how much is at stake for Republicans nationally. "It just shows more than anything how critical the republicans nationally feel that holding onto Kiggans's se
Examining why Hampton Roads communities want to increase sales taxes for schools (opens the original)
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NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, and York County are asking voters this November whether to raise the sales tax by 1% to fund school construction projects — a move driven by hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred maintenance across the region. City leaders in all three cities have been vocal about the need. Norfolk officials say the city faces more than $600 million in deferred maintenance. Newport News leaders cite a gap of roughly $233 million. Portsmouth's mayor says a n
Virginia state senator calls for data center moratorium (opens the original)
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NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia state senator is calling for an immediate moratorium on data center approvals and development in the Commonwealth, as debate over the facilities continues to grow. Republican State Sen. Glen Sturtevant, who represents Chesterfield County area, sent a letter to Gov. Abigail Spanberger asking her to issue an executive order halting the approval and development of data centers in Virginia. "Data center projects should not continue advancing while Virginia is still deciding
Hampton Roads workforce leaders react to Navy's submarine contract award to HII (opens the original)
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Navy awarded nearly $77 billion in contracts to HII and General Dynamics Electric Boat, bringing new submarine construction work to Newport News Shipbuilding and promising long-term job stability for the Hampton Roads region. Newport News Shipbuilding will deliver six additional Virginia-class submarines to the Navy and will construct module sections for Columbia-class submarines as part of the contracts. Shawn Avery, president and CEO of the Hampton Roads Workforce Counc
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