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Read more from VPM News:  As summer heat intensified, complaints emerged from Farmville Detention Center  What is Ballot Question 1?  What is Ballot Question 2?  ICYMI: Virginia shrinks list of disenfranchising crimes, complying with federal ruling  WATCH: Virginia Nearly Ends Felony Disenfranchisement (YouTube)    Other links:  Spanberger: Congress needs to act on AI dangers (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*  Va. Native American tribes wanted to join the Chesapeake Bay partnership. Not anymore. (Virginia Mercury)  Unknown shooters keep disrupting Buckingham internet (CBS19)  Virginia sought search warrants in Florida in the Natural Bridge Zoo case involving Asha the elephant; an unidentified prosecutor said no (Cardinal News)  Petersburg renames road for basketball icon Moses Malone (The Progress-Index)*  *This outlet uses a paywall.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

More from VPM News:  TONIGHT at 15 E. Broad St.: "What's on the Ballot?"  Avula calls for review of Flock Safety contract in Instagram video  US Senate Q&A: Bert Mizusawa, Mark Warner  State government calls for study on AI use in Virginia colleges    Other links:  AG asks SCC to restart Dominion-NextEra merger review clock (Virginia Scope)*  Richmond just had its second-hottest summer on record (Axios Richmond)  Three months after child drowned, Virginia health department will toughen regulations on pools (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*  Frances May West Byers, one of Virginia's oldest residents, dies at 111 (WTVR)  *This outlet uses a paywall.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

Read more from VPM News:  How to vote in Virginia: A 2026 VPM voter guide  McDonnough, Holton debate for Richmond School Board’s 6th District seat  On the agenda: Rooftop solar panels on City of Richmond buildings, Charlottesville budget bistro  Other links:  Driverless trucks: Luck Stone expands autonomous hauling trucks after 18-month pilot (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*  CarMax cuts about 60 Richmond-area jobs (WTVR)  IG: No evidence proving tip Richmond workers were buying ‘baggies full of fresh weed’ (The Richmonder)  Interviews for Virginia Tech’s next president to take place in coming weeks (Cardinal News)  *This outlet uses a paywall.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jackie DiBartolomeo discuss the Richmond region's top business stories starting with development firm behind the failed GreenCity development filing for bankruptcy, Dominion and NextEra Energy's plans for a new office tower in Richmond and the new owner of Bottoms Up Pizza.

Read more from VPM News:  2026 midterm early voting begins in Virginia Chesapeake osprey birth rates reach historic lows   Other links:  Spanberger is bullish about Virginia House races even without a favorable map (The Washington Post)*  Brown’s Island will be open for Folk Festival, says Venture Richmond (The Richmonder)  New dashboard shows term limits on affordable status of properties around Virginia (Virginia Mercury)  Records show Chesterfield's Shoosmith landfill leaked waste into Swift Creek years before bankruptcy (WTVR)  3 or 4 data centers could be coming to a former coal mine site in Russell County (Cardinal News)  *This outlet uses a paywall.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism.