Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their...
As Virginia policymakers consider ways to exert tighter control over intoxicating hemp-based products like delta-8, Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposes $2.1 million to fund a new hemp...
• Bath County is celebrating the reopening of the storied Warm Springs pools after the 19th-century bathhouses were shut down for an extensive restoration project.—Cardinal...
• Richmond-area Democrats went to party-run polling places Tuesday to pick a nominee to replace the late congressman Donald McEachin in the 4th Congressional District. Votes...
After getting off to a slow start in 2021, it looked like the Virginia General Assembly’s joint subcommittee on campaign finance reform was going to get...
Three education groups have asked the Virginia Board of Education to consider an alternative version of the history and social science standards for K-12 schools. On...
A working group convened by highly debated 2022 legislation to hammer out the details of new regulations for the siting of solar projects on farm and...
Virginia’s Joint Commission on Administrative Rules objected Monday on a party-line vote to the revised transgender policies authored by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration this fall. “We...
A Virginia man drove the width of the United States, kidnapped a 15-year-old girl, shot her mother and grandparents dead in cold blood, torched their home...
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in a historic vote agreed unanimously Monday to refer former President Donald Trump...
Grabbing a bottle of Tito’s Vodka, Virginia’s favorite spirit, at Henrico County’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Store 331 means being greeted with tall, white Ionic columns...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is once again offering Americans the opportunity to order free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests from the federal government, a program that...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin rolled out a budget plan Thursday that includes $1 billion in tax cuts for Virginia residents and businesses, telling the General Assembly...
The Commonwealth of Virginia acknowledged in a settlement with parents of 12 students with disabilities that peer masking in K-12 schools is a reasonable modification under...
Describing Virginia’s current behavioral health system as in “crisis,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday laid out a sweeping $230 million plan to address gaps in...
Virginia’s legislative watchdog commission recommends that policymakers consider eliminating tuition and fees for public high school students who simultaneously enroll in community college courses. The change...
Scientists at a U.S. national laboratory announced on December 13, 2022, that they achieved fusion ignition, a breakthrough decades in the making that could have...
With state hospitals continuing to be strained by mental health patients in crisis, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday, December 12, 2022, the creation of a task...
With all due respect, Del. Tim Anderson, have you lost your mind? You’re a first-term Republican member of the House of Delegates running for a second....
• Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reportedly took items from the home of co-worker Austin Lee Edwards without the knowledge of authorities leading the...
Starting next month, a $35 cap on insulin prices will affect millions of Medicare recipients. The lower pricing is one of the first of several policy...
Actually, Virginia has several data center problems. One seems like a good problem to have, at least if you are a locality looking to attract business....
According to state data related to school construction needs, Grayson, Franklin City, Martinsville, Bristol, and Petersburg are Virginia’s most financially strapped localities. The five have...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill Thursday that would ensure same-sex and interracial couples continue holding many of the rights they have now,...
Virginia State Police acknowledged “human error” caused them to miss a violent incident in the past of a former state trooper who killed three people in...
• The NCAA is granting another year of eligibility to all University of Virginia football players who were playing in their final year this season. The...
The annual Defense Department policy bill members of Congress released late Tuesday did not include measures to loosen federal marijuana restrictions, to the disappointment of advocates....
Consider all the ways police departments around Virginia are working to fill vacancies in their ranks: Offering signing bonuses. Boosting salaries. Attending military, community, and...
Virginia’s State Air Pollution Control Board officially began the process of withdrawing Virginia from a regional carbon market by regulation following guidance from the attorney...
A Virginia work group that was supposed to be exploring ways to reduce fees charged to inmates for phone calls, emails, food, and clothing ended with...