Alan Suderman

Virginia Industrial Sites Sit Empty

Officials have poured about $25 million into the Mid-Atlantic Advanced Manufacturing Center with no success yet.

This June 26, 2015, file photo, shows a drain pipe that sticks out of a coal ash retention pond at the Dominion Power's Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va. The Virginia General Assembly has reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill that would clean up large coal ash ponds across the state.

Coal Ash Clean Up Agreement in VA

About 27 million cubic yards of coal ash is currently located at four sites around the state.

Richmonder Coleman Wheeler emits a cloud of smoke from a vape pipe at a local vape shop in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Tobacco-friendly Virginia is preparing to raise the age limit on buying traditional and electric cigarettes from 18 to 21.

Virginia May Raise Age on Tobacco

Even a state where the tobacco industry continues to hold great sway is preparing to put new limits on who can buy tobacco products.

In this Sept. 19, 2018, photo released by Cape Fear River Watch, heavy rains from Hurricane Florence erode and breach a coal ash landfill at the L.V. Sutton Power Station in Wilmington, N.C. The landfill under construction at the site ruptured over the weekend, spilling enough material to fill 180 dump trucks. Coal ash contains arsenic, mercury and other toxic metals.

Floodwaters Inundate NC Power Plant

Company employees notified state regulators that the lake at the L.V. Sutton Power Station was at the highest alert level under its emergency action plan.

In this June 13, 2016, file photo, production cars are parked outside the GreenTech Automotive manufacturing plant in Robinsonville, Miss. A group of Chinese investors is suing Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe over his past work for troubled electric car maker GreenTech Automotive. The investors filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County last week accusing McAuliffe and Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham of milking their political connections to perpetuate a $120 million scam.

Governor Sued by EV Investors

The suit alleges that the governor exploited them with a pay-to-play scheme to become permanent residents.

Nuclear Reactors Scrapped Sc Ap

Killed Reactors Could Impact VA Nuclear Project

The failure in South Carolina to make new nuclear work could make it harder for Virginia's Dominion Energy to move forward with a new reactor it has already spent millions on.