Dave Ress

Newport News

Reporter at Richmond Times-Dispatch

Reporter, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch. author: "The Half Breed Tracts"; UNE (Australia) PhD

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Articles

Virginia program cuts costs of health insurance

1 week ago | richmond.com | Dave Ress

Virginia’s innovative reinsurance program for health coverage is reducing the monthly bill for each person covered by an Obamacare policy by nearly $100 a month, the State Corporation Commission reports. The state program reimburses health insurers for some of the costs of relatively large claims for payment from the hospitals, physicians and other health care providers treating policyholders.
Funding cuts tearing holes in region's health care safety net, officials say

1 week ago | richmond.com | Dave Ress

Federal and state funding cuts, freezes and delayed payments are hammering Richmond's free clinics, the region's health care safety net, officials from the groups told a community town hall at Health Brigade's clinic near Scott's Addition. The cuts, some of which date back to last year, have been particularly deep for services for prevention and treatment of HIV, the virus than can cause AIDS. It also leaves people vulnerable to difficult-to-treat tuberculosis and other contagious disease.
Dem lawmakers urge state action after U.S. food safety cuts

1 week ago | richmond.com | Dave Ress

It's time to take a hard look at what's been some obscure parts of state government now that the Trump administration has been cutting food safety oversight, the two chairs of the General Assembly's health committees said Wednesday. The state's agriculture and health departments each have food safety branches but the federal government has taken the lead for decades.
Chesapeake Bay crab numbers fall again

1 week ago | newsadvance.com | Dave Ress

Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said. The annual winter sampling the department and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences conduct yielded an estimate that blue crab numbers in the bay fell to 238 million from last year’s 317 million.
New approach to cleaning the Chesapeake Bay rewards success

1 week ago | richmond.com | Dave Ress

The biggest challenge to cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is figuring out where the nutrients that fuel summertime dead zones come from — and a new approach to pollution control is stressing better targeting. For the past few years, environmentalists and marine scientists have been talking about such targeting with what they call an outcomes-based approach to cutting nonpoint source flows of nitrogen and phosphorus.
Chesapeake Bay crab numbers fall again

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Dave Ress

Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The annual winter sampling the department and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences conduct yielded an estimate that blue crab numbers in the bay fell to 238 million from last year’s 317 million.
Chesapeake Bay crab numbers fall again

2 weeks ago | richmond.com | Dave Ress

Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said. The annual winter sampling the department and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences conduct yielded an estimate that blue crab numbers in the Bay fell to 238 million from last year’s 317 million.
Spanberger: Time to crack down on insurers that keep drug costs up

2 weeks ago | dailyprogress.com | Dave Ress

Democratic candidate for governor Abigail Spanberger wants to crack down on a range of insurer practices she says are keeping drug costs up and hitting Virginians with abusive billing practices and scam coverage. Stopping Wednesday at a community pharmacy in Mechanicsville, Spanberger said holding down the cost of medication is a priority, but she stopped short of backing a prescription drug board to cap drug prices. Democratic legislators have pushed the concept for two years, and Gov.
Virginia County Weighs Benefits, Drawbacks of Data Center

2 weeks ago | govtech.com | Dave Ress

On Tuesday, the county board of supervisors will consider rezoning a 515-acre tract of woods in the northwestern corner of the rural county, about 20 miles east of Richmond. Charles City County Map (TNS) — Financially troubled Charles City County is considering a large data center campus with its promise of a multimillion-dollar tax windfall. This map shows Charles City County’s location, southeast of Richmond. The proposed data center would be in the northwest section of the county.
Charles City County: Proposed data center promises windfall, stirs opposition

2 weeks ago | richmond.com | Dave Ress

Financially troubled Charles City County is considering a large data center campus with its promise of a multimillion-dollar tax windfall. On Tuesday, the county board of supervisors will consider rezoning a 515-acre tract of woods in the northwestern corner of the rural county, about 20 miles east of Richmond.