From support for legislation and ballot referendums to helping states stockpile abortion and miscarriage management drug mifepristone, a growing cohort of governors are banding together as...
On Tuesday, the Virginia Senate released its latest budget proposal that preserves a sales and use tax exemption for the data center industry, the major hangup...
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger recently signed a law creating a Virginia State Internship coordinator position, designed to improve how students and recent graduates gain workforce experience...
Tuesday morning, Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the legislative architects of a long-awaited retail weed framework presented a revamped plan for the recreational marketplace that they said...
Oh, yay, another commission. Leaders in the House of Delegates are continuing to tweak their version of a state budget, but they aren’t backing down from...
With a June 30 deadline looming before a state government shutdown, Virginia legislators have released new budget proposals, the latest actions in a long-simmering debate over...
Back in January, Gov. Abigail Spanberger arrived in office promising pragmatism, affordability, and a less combative style of politics. Fast forward a few months, and Virginia’s...
Like the United States, Virginia’s K-12 education system has evolved over the last two and a half centuries to better meet family needs and prepare students...
TANGIER ISLAND, CHESAPEAKE BAY — On a windy June morning, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s boat rocked violently on the waves of its namesake watershed, brackish drops...
Virginia gave data centers a $928 million tax break in a single fiscal year, 2023, and the General Assembly cannot pass a budget because it can...
Speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott, flanked by Appropriations Chair Del. Luke Torian, D-Prince William, and other bipartisan House members, unveiled the chamber’s latest...
Virginia Democrats spent years waiting for unified control of state government after an unprecedented string of bruising vetoes under Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. But nearly six...
Real quick Residents of Park’s Edge, an apartment complex in Albemarle County, have experienced poor and at times hazardous conditions in their homes for years. Tenants...
Virginia State Police reported another week of crime suppression efforts across the Commonwealth, with troopers and partner agencies recovering firearms, narcotics, and more than $21,000 in...
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones announced Thursday that a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on June 5 amid a multi-state lawsuit challenging “vague, extraneous and...
After years of fine-tuning and preparation, a 2021 law allowing Virginians with certain past felony convictions to have their criminal records sealed will take effect July...
The U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce on Wednesday invited Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Aaron Spence and others to hear how K-12 schools in...
Floods, roaches, rats, mold — these are just a few of the issues in Charlottesville Tomorrow’s investigation into how Virginia law often fails to protect vulnerable...
A new report by Virginia’s Joint Commission on Health Care found 13 of Virginia’s 36 rural hospitals are at distant or immediate risk of closure, as...
One of Virginia’s federal lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill in Congress that would establish a grant program to address the national teacher shortage and better...
A federal judge has approved a consent decree requiring Virginia election officials to accept certain voter registration applications submitted by college students, resolving a lawsuit that...
When her son was a teenager, Connecticut mom Amy Wadsworth said, he was the type of kid parents rarely worry about. He played sports, cared about...
Shenandoah County is awaiting a closely watched court decision over whether the names of Confederate figures should remain on several school buildings, a dispute that has...
Guadalupe Rivera – landscaping supervisor, family man, helper – suffered a needless, ghastly death because, police said, a speeding car collided with an SUV before striking...
Virginia State Police reported the recovery of 25 firearms and more than $78,000 in seized currency during ongoing crime suppression operations across the Commonwealth from May...
For about 200 years, the Ashland Mill Dam, about a half-hour north of Richmond, blocked many fish from moving through the South Anna River. Without fish...
NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE- Richard Powhatan Hall’s grave sits nine rows into the vast final resting place of 9,400 U.S. soldiers who lost their lives...
One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the Commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While...
Virginia’s measles count has jumped by more than 30 cases in recent weeks, with most of the infections centered in Central Virginia around Buckingham County. Data...
Last summer, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., criticized Congress for often “kicking the can” on federal housing policy. One year later, federal lawmakers are close to...