VPM Daily Newscast

VPM's daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, Phil Liles, Kim Strother and VPM News staff, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.

Daily News
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BizSense Beat: Sept. 15, 2023
More steps have been taken toward the planned development of the 200-acre GreenCity site in Henrico, A Charlottesville developer has revealed its plans for the 2-acre site it purchased earlier this year in Manchester, and KavaClub, a fledgling Fan bar that wants to serve the trendy Polynesian drink kava, has hit yet another legal roadblock.
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09/15/23 - Youngkin took Altria jet to Hamptons...
About 1,200 acres in Hanover County are being considered for a future data center park; Public records show Governor Glenn Youngkin may have borrowed Altria’s corporate jet to attend a fundraiser in New York; Governor Youngkin signed Virginia’s budget Thursday on the steps of the state capitol building; and other local news stories.
4 min
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09/14/23 - VCU's Board of Visitors is set to me...
VCU's Board of Visitors is set to meet to decide if buildings will be demolished to make way for new construction; Gov. Glenn Youngkin, the Republican House and Democrat-controlled senate all proposed $100 million for a billion-dollar project in Richmond; Attorney General Jason Miyares and his team have received an $80 million dollar settlement from Monsanto for environmental contamination; and other stories
9 min
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09/13/23 - Virginia's long-overdue budget agree...
Concerns raised about Richmond's shelter plans for people experiencing homelessness in winter; Schools in Richmond now fully accredited
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09/12/23 - Governor Glenn Youngkin’s political ...
Governor Glenn Youngkin’s political action committee borrowed Altria’s corporate jet on a recent trip; The father of a Virginia student who was sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned after being arrested two years ago for disrupting a school board meeting; A new transfer bus station in Downtown Richmond officially opened Monday.
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09/11/23 - Apple cider makers have begun their ...
09/11/23 - Apple cider makers have begun their annual harvest across Virginia.
4 min
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BizSense Beat: Sept. 8, 2023
Teams vying to lead the mixed-use City Center redevelopment are aiming high with their visions for a required convention center hotel; a local video production company is in the midst of rehabbing their 150-year-old property in Shockoe Slip; and Louis Salomonsky, a titan of the Richmond real estate development scene, died last week after a battle with cancer.
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09/08/23 - Virginia’s sales tax holiday will be...
Virginia’s sales tax holiday will be reinstated if Governor Glenn Youngkin signs the bipartisan budget deal approved by lawmakers Wednesday; State education officials announced a new effort to address pandemic-related learning loss Thursday; Central State Hospital, where Irvo Otieno was killed in March, has recorded more medical emergencies this year than last.
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9/07/23 - Virginia lawmakers pass bipartisan bu...
9/07/23 - Virginia lawmakers pass bipartisan budget with teacher pay raises, tax rebates; Midsize solar developers in limbo after Dominion requirement spiked by SCC, and other news
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09/06/23 - Lawmakers are returning to Richmond ...
Lawmakers are returning to Richmond today to pass a long-awaited update to the state budget; Tenants and housing activists rallied this week outside the Red Oak Apartments in Richmond's Ginter Park neighborhood; The operators behind Richmond’s new proposed casino have offered the city new incentives – in the form of childcare subsidies- in their final push for a $562 million dollar resort in Richmond’s south side.
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09/05/23 - Hampton resident Linda Janet Holmes ...
Hampton resident Linda Janet Holmes studies alternative birthing methods and the Black women behind them.
4 min
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BizSense Beat: Sept. 2, 2023
Shake Shack is making it a double in the Richmond market; the CEO of Commonwealth Autism discusses a deal to purchase Good Foods Grocery in Bon Air; A Mechanicsville coffee shop is branching out in Hanover; and other local business stories.
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09/01/23 - Hanover officials adopt solar power ...
After 18 months of input from county residents and committee members, Hanover’s Board of Supervisors adopted a framework that paves the way for solar power to brighten up the county, Central Virginia Transportation Authority names first-ever executive director; and other stories
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08/31/23 - Intoxicating hemp widely available o...
Virginia is cracking down on the sale of intoxicating hemp products like delta-8; Some state retirees and beneficiaries may have had their information leaked during a cyber-attack earlier this year; A VCU Health program is one of six recipients splitting a $5 million-dollar grant to help sustain the work of hospital-based community violence intervention programs in the commonwealth; and other local news stories.
3 min
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08/30/23 - Central Virginia Transportation Auth...
Youngkin calls General Assembly back to Richmond for special budget session, Curious Commonwealth explores fruit foraging; and other stories
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08/29/23 - The city of Richmond may soon force ...
The city of Richmond may soon force the sale of multiple properties because of unpaid taxes; Richmond-area members of the world’s largest union of performers and broadcasters rallied in support of fair contracts over the weekend; The commonwealth’s last U.S. Army installation named after a Confederate figure has a new designation.
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08/28/23 – Student cellphone use limited in sch...
Hopewell Public Schools now requires middle and high school students to keep their cellphones locked away.
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BizSense Beat: Aug. 26, 2023
An upstart Fan bar is looking to the court system for help in its battle with the state health department; Stone Brewing is in production expansion mode at its massive East End Richmond facility; and a 4-acre food truck park is moving into the former Innsbrook After Hours location.
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08/25/23 – Hanover nearing construction readine...
The board of supervisors recently heard an update on the yearslong effort to expand broadband service.
9 min
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08/24/23 – Virginia localities are working to l...
PFAS can be found in firefighting foam, nonstick cookware, private wells and public waterways.
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08/23/23 - Richmond and the Virginia Museum of ...
The city of Richmond and the Virginia Museum of History and culture recognized the family history of nine Black Richmonders this past weekend; There may be a rural-urban divide among mice – and you may be able to use it for free pest control; Virginia Beach is hosting a hiring event on Saturday to help combat its shortage of garbage truck drivers.
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08/22/23 - Virginia is making a plan to combat ...
Emails obtained by VPM News show Virginia is talking with more than a dozen other states, including Ohio and Florida, to come up with a plan to combat voter fraud; A Richmond-based Kava-Bar is taking the Virginia Department of Health to court over its battle to open; Bus riders who rely on the Greater Richmond Transit Company’s downtown hub will see some service changes when the new transfer station opens next month.
4 min
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08/21/23 - Richmond’s in the process of setting...
Richmond’s in the process of setting up a major surveillance system.
4 min
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08/18/23 - Workforce, environment top upcoming ...
Professional, environmental and health regulations make up the majority of those under review.
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BizSense Beat: Aug. 18, 2023
One of the larger remaining pieces of the GreenCity puzzle is now in place for the massive arena-anchored development in the works in Henrico; A local developer has pulled the plug on its plans for hundreds of new apartments downtown; A hotelier and financier are teaming up to buy a downtown office tower and carry out a previously proposed plan to turn it into hundreds of apartments; and other local news stories.
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