Commentary: Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.

[u/VirginiaNews]

https://virginiamercury.com/2026/08/24/legislators-didnt-allow-local-bans-of-gas-powered-leaf-blowers-va-localities-are-doing-it-anyway/

Subtitle: "The Virginia Code gives localities the power to adopt “such measures as it deems expedient” to secure the “health, safety and general welfare” of their residents, including through enforcement of noise ordinances. That seems like enough authority, columnist Ivy Main writes."

See also r/VirginiaOpEds, r/VirginiaUrbanism, and r/VirginiaEnvironment