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The FOIA Council will hold its last meeting of the year on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 1:30 in the new General Assembly Building. Agenda and supporting materials are on the council's meeting notice page.

The FOIA Council meeting will be live-streamed from the House of Delegates video page. Click on "Now Playing."
https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/chamber/chamberstream.php

I will be watching from this feed, too. I'm sick and cannot attend in-person.

After a more than 27-hour meeting, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Wednesday approved the PW Digital Gateway, allowing construction of what’s expected to become the largest data center corridor in the world. The decision came after more than 27 hours of public comment and hearings with county staff and developers. The board’s vote is all but certain to spawn legal challenges from opponents. One advocacy group has already threatened litigation, a warning the board’s attorney deemed probable. The hearing drew hundreds of residents. Opponents echoed concerns raised by Republicans and county staff, while those in favor touted the Digital Gateway as a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the county to boost its tax base and increase work opportunities for unions and laborers. At one point Tuesday night, a woman broke out in song opposing the project, generating applause outside the board chambers that led Wheeler to call a brief recess to regain order.

Ahead of the predicted precipitation, the city of Charlottesville has unveiled a new online portal that will help residents see when a snowplow will be clearing their streets this winter. The tool will be available on the city's official website, and with a GPS tracker placed on each of the city’s 25 snowplow trucks, locals will be able to see for themselves which streets have been cleared and which haven’t.