RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Shipping containers full of coal ash from China, Poland and India have come into the U.S. through the Port of Virginia as foreign companies find a market for the same industrial waste that America’s utilities are struggling to dispose of. Critics call it a missed opportunity. Coal ash is treasure as [...]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Robots about the size of a beer cooler could soon be rolling down Virginia sidewalks to deliver sandwiches, groceries or packages. Supporters say proposed legislation to allow the robots would make the state the first in the nation to regulate such devices. State lawmakers partnered with European company Starship Technologies on [...]
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine’s name on the Democratic ticket can realistically nudge this pivotal state closer into Hillary Clinton’s column — no small feat in a contest of two presidential nominees that engender strong feelings by themselves. Kaine’s rise through Richmond city politics and tenure in state government gives the party disproportionate [...]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nerdy? Sure. Boring? Never. Hillary Clinton’s running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, has been described by critics as a snoozer of a choice who could fail to inspire the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party, blue collar workers and others. But friends and former staff say the caricature [...]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Potentially cleaner rivers or possible higher electric prices. That is what’s at stake in an upcoming federal court ruling in Virginia that could have far-reaching effects on how energy companies dispose of the waste known as coal ash, left over from decades of burning coal. Spurred by high-profile coal ash spills [...]