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“(Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy) have put a different deal on the table.”- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is asking state regulators to extend the review period for the Dominion Energy-NextEra Energy proposed merger, which would create the largest utility company in the country. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
‘A different deal on the table’: AG Jay Jones asks SCC to reset the clock on Dominion-NextEra merger
By Shannon Heckt
Attorney General Jay Jones told state regulators Friday that they should reset the 180-day review time period for the $67 billion Dominion Energy-NextEra Energy merger proposal, after the companies unveiled expanded conditions of the deal last week.
On Sept. 14, Dominion and NextEra jointly filed supplemental documents to the State Corporation Commission outlining new additions to the proposal, including extending residential customers’ bill credits to four years instead of two.
Loaves of bread being sorted in the donation center at Feed More, a food bank anchored in Central Virginia. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
By Charlotte Rene Woods
The Federation of Virginia Food Banks, the Virginia Department of Social Services and No Kid Hungry Virginia commissioned a statewide survey that found 51% of families with children are food insecure.
The survey picked up where the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual survey to assess hunger left off. The final federal survey, which ended in 2025 after nearly three decades of publication, found 42% of Virginia respondents were considered food insecure over the past year.
The historic facade of Virginia's new General Assembly Building in Richmond. Lawmakers say some local leaders are concerned about funding gaps if they use a new law allowing them to impose 1% sales tax to fund school building updates. (Photo by Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury)
By Nathaniel Cline
A new state law allowing localities to raise revenue for school construction has opened opportunities but also raised questions, with some local leaders and lawmakers asking if it could create funding shortfalls for localities that approve the measure.
Right before the July 1 deadline, Virginia passed a budget that included language allowing localities, pending voter support, to raise a 1% sales tax primarily to cover school construction due to unprecedented costs.
By Jennifer Shutt
The three news organizations that President Donald Trump has barred from entering the White House filed a lawsuit against the administration on Monday.
CNN, MS Now and Politico wrote in a joint statement the suit is intended “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes.”
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