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Privacy vs. public safety

Business & Environment The ACLU wants the Virginia State Police to stop checking job applicants' Facebook and social media accounts--but what if they reveal critical information about would-be cops?

A level playing field

Business & Environment Legislation requiring online retailers to collect the Virginia sales tax passes the General Assembly

Five percent more

Business & Environment A bill to require online retailers in Virginia to collect the state's sales tax may soon become law

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The proffer

Business & Environment A Leesburg church's building plans are on hold--along with construction projects across the state--while a land use lawsuit against it heads to Virginia's Supreme Court

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Gun sales surge in Virginia

Business & Environment Following a national trend, gun transactions hit record levels--is it fear of crime, worry about more federal gun control, or is supply just catching up with demand?

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The space race continues

Business & Environment Jack Kennedy of the Virginia Commercial Spaceport Authority wants to turn the state into the "hub of American spaceflight"

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Week in review

Week in review

Business & Environment Bar busts blogger, unemployment up, and fake kidnapping earns real jail time

On the way out?

On the way out?

Business & Environment Self check-out use in grocery stores declining, says report from Virginia analysts

'Pretty well convinced'

'Pretty well convinced'

Business & Environment After touring Saskatchewan uranium mine, Sen. Watkins is cautiously optimistic for the Virginia project

Regaining what's lost

Regaining what's lost

Business & Environment On First Fridays, downtown Leesburg tries to restore its small-town charm despite hard economic times

The rest of the story

The rest of the story

Climate change It may not come out as climate researcher Mann goes to court to prevent UVa releasing emails

All aboard

All aboard

Transportation Virginia's first light rail system opens in Hampton Roads