Luria and Kiggans to debate today and more Va. headlines

The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)

• Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria and Republican state Sen. Jen Kiggans will debate today in the highly competitive 2nd District congressional contest.—Associated Press

• Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing division of the e-commerce giant,  is opening a training center in Arlington.—Washington Post

• A prominent Roanoke lawyer is calling for renaming the city’s federal courthouse. It’s currently named for a pro-segregation congressman, but attorney John Fishwick says it should instead honor a civil rights lawyer who fought for integrated schools.—Roanoke Times

• Virginia gas prices rose by 22 cents in the past week.—WTVR

• Fairfax County officials are looking to continue the outdoor dining trend that took off in the pandemic.—WTOP

• State Del. Cia Price, D-Newport News, says she’s planning to reintroduce legislation to help tenants facing eviction.—Virginia Business

• The Massey Cancer Center at VCU is leading a $114 million initiative to boost diversity in clinical trials.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Chesterfield County authorities withdrew prostitution-related charges that had been filed against the pastor of a Virginia Beach church. No one could immediately explain the move.—Virginian-Pilot

• A dolphin statue that went missing from a Virginia Beach brewery three months ago has been returned safely after the owner of a lawn-care company found it leaning against a Portsmouth duplex. “I touched it, and I thought, ‘I know this dolphin.’”—Virginian-Pilot

by Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

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