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Richmond voters in November rejected a proposed casino through a local referendum. Two lawmakers think that's enough.

A Democratic state delegate representing parts of Richmond is pushing to stop the City from holding another casino vote.

A pair of General Assembly bills, one in the House of Delegates and the other in the Senate, propose allowing the state to overrule county-level rejections of new solar farms. House Bill 636 would create an approval process for projects capable of generating 50 or more megawatts, which would be overseen by the State Corporation.

Baby boomers known as “halfbacks” transform southern Appalachia.

The United States population is projected to grow at a somewhat slower rate over the same time period — by 14%, according to the National Population Projections published by the Demographics Research Group at the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Between 2020 and 2023, Mecklenburg County lost 0.3 percent of its population, from 30,319 in 2020 to 30,232 — an estimated 87 people — primarily because the number of deaths exceeded the number of births. The findings were published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia as part of an ongoing study of Virginia population trends between each ten-year census count.

A recent study by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service studied how school enrollment trends have changed following the pandemic. Chesapeake is seeing fluctuating numbers, but they’re trending up compared to to other school divisions in the 757.

The 2023 Virginia county and city population estimates released Jan. 29 by the Weldon Cooper Center show clearly that rural areas such as Martinsville and Henry County are not only attracting the public’s attention, but beginning to make a significant impact on the landscape of the region’s demographics.