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A Senate bill seeking to increase oversight over travel expenses for local elected officials failed to advance in a House of Delegates subcommittee this week, effectively ending the bill’s prospects

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A committee in the Virginia House of Delegates on Friday advanced to the House floor a bill that would require localities to conduct water studies prior to approving data centers.

A committee in the Virginia House of Delegates on Friday advanced to the House floor a bill that would require localities to conduct water studies prior to approving data centers.

A Counties, Cities & Towns subcommittee had suggested the bill be stalled, but it restarted after chair, sponsor narrow some of its scope

A committee in the Virginia House of Delegates on Friday advanced to the House floor a bill that would require localities to conduct water studies prior to approving data centers.

Meanwhile, progress on its companion in the House of Delegates remains at a standstill. Action on it could come as early as Friday.

A House of Delegates subcommittee heard testimony on the legislation Thursday morning. It could come to the full committee as early as Friday morning.

"The people of Virginia Beach asked us to make this change," Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler, D-Virginia Beach, said at a Monday news conference. "As legislators, we should be in the business of listening to our constituents."