As Virginia prepares to revise its academic benchmarks for students, a select group will consider how quickly the state should implement its proficiency ratings. The committees...
A Northern Virginia faith leader and parent said she will continue asking state lawmakers to make two African-American history courses count towards the state’s graduation requirements...
Virginia’s wild turkey population continues to support strong hunting opportunities, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), which has reported a spring harvest of...
Once she became a mother, the unappealing prospect of parenting while hungover curbed Synthia Bialkowski’s social drinking. Though she still likes to imbibe in alcohol from...
Seven people died in traffic crashes across Virginia over the 2025 Memorial Day weekend, according to preliminary numbers from Virginia State Police. The holiday weekend, which...
Before a federal judge temporarily halted the dissolution of the agency Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education ensured “uninterrupted services” to children and youth with disabilities,...
While Abigail Spanberger’s former congressional colleagues stayed up late Tuesday night debating proposed cuts to Medicaid in a jumbo GOP bill to reduce federal spending, the...
Virginia awarded $983.6 million to 53 applicants in the sixth iteration of the competitive SMART SCALE process to help improve transportation across the commonwealth. On Wednesday,...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed onto a joint letter with other Republican governors in support of a “big beautiful bill” backed by President Donald Trump that...
As Elena Schlossberg of Prince William County, Virginia, sees it, the community effort to fight the richest companies in the world seeking to build data centers...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin directed state leaders to develop resources to track incidents of antisemitism and anti-religious bigotry at Virginia’s schools through an executive order announced Monday...
Virginia has provided thousands of children access to preschool over a year’s time, but the commonwealth continues to trail other states, which are expanding services and...
A state historical marker titled “Resilience Amid Resistance” now stands on the Western District U.S. Courthouse grounds in Harrisonburg, where a Virginia judge twice upheld the...
With Gaza on the brink of famine, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are backing a renewed Senate push calling on President Donald Trump’s...
Katie Jones was 11 the last time she saw her childhood home, where her father, an alcoholic, stayed between jail stints and her mother struggled with...
The clerk of Virginia’s House of Delegates on Wednesday night rejected three of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent vetoes in the state’s revised two-year budget. Acting within...
Next summer, certain people with past convictions will be eligible to apply for their criminal records to be sealed — meaning long-past convictions won’t show up...
Lalitha Kuchipudi has earned an accolade that many people can only dream of – “Best in the world.” The 15-year-old student from Chantilly, VA, was awarded...
RICHMOND, Va.–Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills for the development of small solar projects and energy storage that had won bipartisan votes and support from Dominion...
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is backing bipartisan legislation aimed at helping workers as young as 18 — particularly those who enter the workforce straight out...
John Curran, the former Republican candidate for lieutenant governor who said internal sabotage cost him a spot on the primary ballot, announced Monday he is re-entering...
Virginia teachers are still flying blind months into a new school year — trying to adapt to overhauled history standards without the full set of instructional...
A bill that can help people start and grow their families through fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization will become law, after Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed...
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears signed Virginia’s in-progress reproductive rights constitutional amendment, but noted her personal objection to it in a handwritten note on the bill. As...
Under the looming threat of federal consequences for inaction, all 136 local education agencies in the commonwealth — including public schools, the Virginia Juvenile Justice Center...
Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on Monday that the Commonwealth is launching an official investigation into Loudoun County Public Schools following reports...
What began as a session focused on how to spend Virginia’s projected multi-billion surplus has ended with Gov. Glenn Youngkin yanking nearly $900 million out of...
A heated fight over transgender athlete participation in Virginia schools is coming to a head this week, as state high school sports leaders prepare to finalize...
May is National Bike Month, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is encouraging Virginians to get outside, gear up, and go for a ride while...
On April 30, 2025, the Children’s Emergency Care Alliance of Tennessee presented the “Mutual Aid State Award” to the Virginia State Police Med-Flight 2 team for...