WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy, following...
A Supreme Court of Virginia ruling allowing early voting to proceed in the state’s redistricting referendum has quickly reverberated beyond Richmond, drawing praise from former President...
Early voting is set to begin Friday across Virginia for an April 21 statewide referendum that could allow the General Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional...
Virginia lawmakers are on track to codify a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that protects a child’s right to an education regardless of their immigration or...
What started as a “small little bill” by Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Rockingham, to cap prejudgment interest in medical malpractice lawsuits on Wednesday evolved into a proposed...
Later this year, Virginians are expected to formally approve or reject a measure to enshrine reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. But a new lawsuit filed...
Virginia lawmakers on Monday passed a proposal that would require schools, if they teach students about the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,...
Lawmakers say two bills working through the General Assembly will lower customers’ utility bills in the short-term by pushing more costs onto data centers. The House...
The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline topped $3 Tuesday for the first time this year, and is expected to keep going up....
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects war with Iran will continue, however long it takes to achieve his objectives, which include eliminating the...
In one of the quietest moves yet under Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s administration, the Commonwealth Transportation Board overturned a controversial decision made in the final weeks of...
House Bill 998 by Del. Holly Seibold, D-Fairfax, would require ingredient labels be listed on all menstrual products sold in Virginia, an effort to better inform...
President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a sweeping military offensive against Iran over the weekend is reverberating far beyond the Middle East, injecting new uncertainty into...
After multiple debates and meetings between stakeholders, a compromise has been reached on how Virginia can begin to monitor the presence of “forever chemicals,” in biosolids...
Advocates of artificial intelligence praise the technology for increasing efficiency and productivity and enhancing research and problem-solving. But as schools adopt AI and students spend more...
Two men with deep experience in health care policy and practice have recently been tapped to oversee Virginia’s public health agencies, as health care remains a...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday unveiled a new initiative aimed at delivering critical national priority projects faster and cheaper. It’s a potential breakthrough...
In a General Assembly room cramped with electrical workers from across the commonwealth, a group of bipartisan lawmakers on Thursday marched in one by one to...
Several insurers left the Affordable Care Act marketplace at the end of last year, which triggered a special enrollment period for some who lost their health...
Six years ago, Robin Levey volunteered at the polls near her home in Richmond to help win voter approval of a bipartisan redistricting commission. “I have...
Virginia Democrats were already advancing legislation to curb state cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when President Donald Trump took the podium Tuesday night to...
After The New York Times reported in 2022 that a national hospital chain with roots in Virginia had taken advantage of a federal drug pricing program...
As the Trump administration continues to focus on the legal immigration statuses of many across the country, a revived proposal by the U.S. Department of Housing...
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, just weeks after being sworn in as the commonwealth’s 75th governor, delivered a sharp Democratic rebuttal Tuesday night to President Donald Trump’s...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to lambaste Democrats and the Biden administration, while pitching the Republican Party to...
June Battle, a Waverly farmer, aimed to reduce costs and boost productivity with help from a Virginia State University research expert. The goal was to measure...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration took more steps Monday to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, announcing two additional interagency agreements with other departments that...
After years of states pushing legislation to accelerate the development of data centers and the electric grid to support them, some legislators want to limit or...
On Sunday, the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate money committees unveiled their changes to former Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s final $212 billion budget proposal. One of...
State lawmakers, responding to this year’s affordability theme, proposed Sunday budgets to expand student aid for college and career training, and to prevent extreme tuition increases...