"The facility, 25 miles in the Atlantic off the #VirginiaBeach Oceanfront, will have 176 turbines capable of generating enough electricity to power up to 660,000 homes.
The more than $9 billion project is due to come on line in 2026."
Great news from the #Virginia primaries at the top of this article-
“Lashrecse Aird, who supports abortion access, projected to win Virginia Democratic Senate primary over Sen. Joseph Morrissey:
Democratic leaders had backed Aird, a former Virginia delegate, hoping to keep Morrissey from winning the nomination. Aird, a staunch defender of abortion rights, is likely to win the seat in November in the heavily blue 13th Senate District.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/20/virginia-primary-2023-elections-general-assembly/
School board members in #Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders – four years after those names had been removed.
Oh man. Someone attacked staffers with a baseball bat at #RepConnolly’s (D-#Virginia) Fairfax office this morning after asking where the congressman was.
The staffers are in the hospital with non life threatening injuries and the suspect is in custody
“Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, a retired Army colonel who along with his twin brother raised alarms about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, plans to announce that he will run for Congress in #Virginia’s 7th District, where Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) has declined to seek another term to run for governor instead.
Vindman, 48, is the first Democrat to announce a campaign to succeed Spanberger”
Democrats retain control of the #Virginia Senate. Youngkin and Virginia Republicans campaigned hard on taking the chamber to pass an #abortion ban. They have been stopped.
50 years ago tonight, the #gratefuldead in williamsburg, #virginia, a bonus show that was both announced the night before but somehow originally on the schedule. phil lesh: “it just goes to show that spontaneous emission of energy can happen anywhere at anytime, entropy notwithstanding.” 1st show with horn section, which i suspect i like more than most. early fall ’73, show #4. soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd73-09-12.sbd.sly.14010.sbeok.shnf [1/2]
An Experiment to Fight Pandemic-Era Learning Loss Launches in #Richmond
After intense opposition and skepticism, two elementary #schools opened 20 days early to help #students make up for what they missed during the time of #RemoteLearning.
The first question: Would kids show up in the middle of #summer for extra schooling?
If you're on one of the bigger instances and you're from #Virginia#Maryland#WashingtonDC#DMV, please consider joining our small, regional instance here at dmv.community. We're well federated and well moderated. Mastodon and the fediverse work better when we're all spread out.
It's easy (especially if you don't have a long post history or don't care about bringing it with you). See here for more information on how to migrate your account:
👏🏻 #Virginia Democrat Danica Roem was projected to win her election Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the commonwealth’s first openly transgender state senator and the first out transgender person elected to a state Senate anywhere in the South. #LGBTQ
🤦🏻♀️Federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of a memorial to #Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
BREAKING: Republicans LOSE CONTROL of the #Virginia House of Delegates. Democrats are now one victory away from taking the majority. This follows the Democrats retaining control of the Virginia State Senate earlier tonight.
Virginia admits thousands of voters wrongly purged days before election (www.theguardian.com)
Voting rights groups decry error days before elections that will determine which party controls the state legislature