VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jackie DiBartolomeo discuss the Richmond region's top business stories. This week's topics include CoStar Group's corporate campus, the development of GRTC's central transfer station and VCU's Grace Street dorm project taking shape.

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Youngkin advisers 'cautiously optimistic' about future tax revenues 

State regulators partially OK Dominion Energy bill increases 

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Official obituary of Solomon W. Jefferson (1977–2025) 

Virginia drivers navigate new seat belt law, express lanes during Thanksgiving week (Virginia Mercury) 

Virginians on health insurance marketplace see monthly premiums rise to ‘astonishing’ levels (Cardinal News) 

Speciality schools provide unique experiences for Richmond students (The Richmonder) 

Theft of $24,000 wine bottle spurs high-speed chase through Va. countryside (The Washington Post)* 

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Chesterfield County turkey gobbles up social media attention

Campus food pantries strained by disruptions to federal nutrition benefits

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Chesterfield gives Shady Hill mobile home park extra time to fix violations

Virginia's rules for felons to regain voting rights could change soon 

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Map: More than 600 Flock camera locations in Hampton Roads are public for the first time (Virginian-Pilot)*

‘It's this big, huge wall': 3-story Virginia home addition sparks building rules debate (NBC4 Washington)

Caledon State Park Completes $6.1 Million Expansion (News on the Neck)

Central Virginia groups give away thousands of free Thanksgiving turkeys (WTVR)

Some COVID babies are underprepared for kindergarten. Franklin County wants to help (Roanoke Times)*

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Richmond may have to return $1.3M in COVID-era funding to the federal government 

Ex-UVA student gets five life sentences for 2022 fatal shooting 

Chesterfield gives Shady Hill mobile home park extra time to fix violations  

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Faculty question the motives behind FOIA requests for course materials, text messages (The Cavalier Daily) 

When and where traffic will spike in Richmond for Thanksgiving (Axios Richmond) 

NPR affiliate Radio IQ hacked, broadcasts overtly racist music in Richmond area (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*  

Airport leaders budget for a modest rebound in Reagan National travelers next year (ARLNow) 

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VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jack Jacobs discuss the Richmond region's top business stories. This week's topics include the city of Richmond's efforts to refresh its zoning ordinances, Henrico County's lawsuit against the state racing commission, and the groundbreaking of an assisted living facility in Hanover County.

Henrico state of the county address; Virginia could require license to buy a gun; Democrats file bill to raise minimum wage; and more.  

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Questions remain in dispute over Jim Ryan’s exit at UVA 

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Gas rates rising faster than inflation in Richmond 

Petersburg’s first casino is set to open early next year — in a tent 

Demand grows at Virginia food banks amidst federal cuts 

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Immigration attorney: Hampton Roads likely next target for immigration agents, already in Raleigh area (WAVY) 
DEI cuts at Virginia Tech total more than $8 million (Cardinal News)  
Democrats brace for quick special election in deep-blue Senate District 15 (Virginia Mercury) Spanberger hears state budget challenges at House retreat (Richmond Times-Dispatch)* 
Skyline Drive, Appalachian Trail reopen after Shenandoah wildfire mostly contained (The Daily Progress)* 

Help name the Charlottesville Grand Illumination Tree 

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Residents voice opposition to Hanover data center proposal 

New documentary looks back at World War II from one family’s perspective 

Watch “She said, he said” over UVA president’s resignation (VPM on YouTube) 

Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case 

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Virginia drought conditions (Department of Environmental Quality) 

‘This is BS’: Councilmembers frustrated by budget surplus a month after voting against lowering real estate taxes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)* 

A lawyer for the city said he didn’t ask for the sealing of a court document. Emails tell a different story. (The Richmonder) 

Spanberger appoints energy policy transition team (Virginia Mercury) 

National Zoo Cheetah Cub Cam 

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Richmond Public Schools outlines framework for 10-year facilities upgrade  
Updated: SCOVA declines review of Youngkin's university appointments 
 

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The Town of Louisa faced five resignations in less than a year. Now it’s trying to rebuild (Charlottesville Tomorrow) 

Plan for dedicated Metro funding wins support from key D.C. region leaders (FFXNow) 

Meet the man who keeps Staunton's one-of-a-kind Wurlitzer organ in tune (Staunton News Leader)* 

Moton set to hold first Museum Store Sunday Nov. 30 (The Farmville Herald)* 

Legalizing marijuana could produce tax windfall for Richmond (The Richmonder) 

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