Regional fisheries regulators are limiting recreational fishers from catching larger striped bass after unexpectedly heavy recreational catches in 2022 raised alarms about whether the struggling Atlantic...
Almost 90,000 Virginian veterans who served at Camp Lejeune may have been affected by the base’s toxins, and “forever chemicals” are a lasting environmental hazard for...
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the lynching of Noah Cherry, whose violent death at the hands of an enraged mob refuted...
The potential sale of the Washington Commanders is reviving interest among Virginia lawmakers in pitching the franchise on relocating its stadium and commercial complex to the...
A top Republican election lawyer recently caused a stir when she told GOP donors that the party should work to make it harder for college students...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration last fall applied for federal funding meant to help Virginia continue to implement its red flag law, a gun control measure strongly...
My eye was drawn to a short story in the Virginia Mercury last week about the commonwealth’s senior U.S. senator, Mark Warner, supporting a resolution that...
Virginia lawmakers’ lack of a timetable for finalizing state budget amendments has left public school leaders uncertain about their own budgets. Some division heads say they...
According to AAA calculations, Virginia’s average gas prices were below the national average on April 26, 2023: National average: $3.646 Virginia average: $3.463 Some neighboring state...
Virginia will again begin evaluating schools’ efforts to get students into classes regularly as part of school accreditation decisions after the Board of Education rejected a...
Much of the discussion surrounding Virginia’s push toward state-sanctioned gambling has focused on how much money it might bring in for the state and local governments...
Every public school kid in the United States was eligible for free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of family income, thanks to the federal...
After a years-long process, the Virginia Board of Education on Thursday adopted its latest version of history and social science standards that will go into effect...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a tentative settlement with Virginia, other states, and environmental groups that sued the agency in 2020, charging that federal...
A TikTok trend of people cashing out unclaimed property held by state governments is helping break records in Virginia’s Treasury Department and fill the pockets of...
On March 1, a local Republican official notified state officials the party had decided on a government-run primary to pick its nominee in a contested race...
The use of medication abortion has been rising in Virginia over the past seven years, with more than half of all abortions in the state induced...
As TikTok has mushroomed to more than 150 million monthly U.S. users, so have warnings among both state legislators and members of Congress about its potential...
A commissioner of a federal elections agency recently spoke at a secretive conference of conservative voting activists and Republican secretaries of state and congressional staff —...
Under a law recently passed by the General Assembly, Virginia will require public schools to acquire and maintain automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, a medical device...
A key Democratic senator said he’s meeting with Gov. Glenn Youngkin Wednesday morning to discuss the governor’s stance on restoring voting rights to people with felony...
Heather Vahdat has been advocating for male contraceptive options for nearly a decade, but she is the first to say it is a lonely space to...
As the General Assembly prepares to reconvene Wednesday to vote on bill amendments recommended by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, legislation that would allow the continued use...
Scrolling through UberEats offerings in the Richmond neighborhood of Shockoe Bottom can make the area seem like poultry heaven: The app shows six similar-looking chicken...
Virginia’s public schools continue to face challenges transporting students to school amid ongoing bus driver shortages spurred by factors such as low pay and strict...
This story is an updated and expanded version of our General Assembly Tracker. In Virginia’s never-sleepy political calendar, April 6 was a red-letter day: the last...
Home prices are cooling off, and mortgage rates fell last week, but the fallout from recent bank closures could continue to make it hard for some...
Virginia education leaders are mulling another temporary pause in the use of chronic absenteeism as a factor the state considers in school accreditation decisions because of...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is recommending changes to a pending state law that would require a parent to approve whether or not their child can set up...
As teacher shortages continue in Virginia, the state is attempting to stave off further educational impacts by granting more provisional licenses. The commonwealth issued a total...