Two years after a law passed the General Assembly requiring Virginia school districts to adopt policies for transgender and nonbinary students, few have opted to embrace...
The future of a committee convened by the State Air Pollution Control Board to improve public engagement and transparency in environmental permitting is in doubt with...
Ongoing tensions on the Nottoway County Electoral Board reached a new level this week as the board’s two Democrats voted to censure their Republican colleague over...
Attorney General Jason Miyares is creating a new unit dedicated to ensuring “legality and purity in elections,” his office announced Friday. The 20-person team, the attorney...
RICHMOND, VA – On September 9, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed two Day One Game Plan Bills reducing state income taxes for Virginia’s Military and...
Labor Day weekend traffic crashes claim 6 lives – Juveniles account for four lives lost even with a reduction in fatal traffic crashes compared to the...
Students, schools, and youth groups across Virginia are kicking off a statewide campaign to increase seat belt usage rates among teens and youth this week. Youth...
After taking no action Wednesday on the main piece of business that brought lawmakers back to Richmond, the Virginia General Assembly got into a new...
On September 7, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin presented the Spirit of Virginia Award to An Achievable Dream, a full K-12...
More than 1.1 million people in Virginia are in need of fixed-route transit, according to a recent assessment of the commonwealth’s bus and rail services....
WASHINGTON — COVID-19 booster shots are on track to become as frequent as the annual flu shot, though high-risk people may need more than one dose...
Transit agencies across Virginia are seeking to increase ridership, even if it means dropping fares. Throughout this month, the Virginia Railway Express, which connects Central...
The State Corporation Commission is asking the General Assembly to consider granting it more power over decisions related to the retirement of fossil fuel plants, a...
Virginia’s tax revenues from sports betting jumped 63% between June and July after state lawmakers ended what some described as a loophole that let betting...
State Del. Mark Keam announced Tuesday that he’s stepping down from the House of Delegates, setting up a possible special election this fall in a...
On September 6, 2022, Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that Virginia and 33 other states and territories have joined a $438.5 million agreement in principle with...
As students head back to school and Virginians celebrate this last stretch of summer, Virginia State Police is urging those traveling this weekend to do so...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive directive on Thursday to address Virginia teacher shortages through strategies that include hiring retired educators and targeting recruitment and...
RICHMOND, VA – September 1, 2022, marks the launch of Virginia’s 2022 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over driving under the influence (DUI) enforcement and public...
Abortion rights supporters are on high alert, but Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office says it’s not planning to introduce any abortion-related legislation when the General Assembly...
RICHMOND, VA – On September 1, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced new measures to address teacher shortages and recover learning loss. Joined by local superintendents, school...
Richmond, VA – On September 1, 2022, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a bipartisan joint letter with 37 states to Congressional leaders urging them to...
GLEN ALLEN — Coal miners had their canaries sniff out deadly carbon monoxide before the gas could overcome them. Now, with coal on its way out,...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration announced their newest plans for how they intend to withdraw Virginia from a regional carbon market Wednesday, a move critics say is...
BOONE, Iowa — The more than $1 billion the federal government is devoting to voluntary efforts to reduce agriculture’s adverse effects on the environment is a...
Guidance on how local governments can protect themselves when utility-scale solar farms reach the end of their life is now available with the release of a...
On August 30, 2022, Attorney General Miyares joined 21 other states attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the religious liberty of Navy SEALs seeking...
VIRGINIA BEACH – A judge on Tuesday dismissed an attempt to use an arcane Virginia obscenity law to prevent bookstores from selling two titles to minors...
Phenomena known as harmful algal blooms have led Virginia to add portions of Lake Anna and six other water bodies to its impaired waters list, an...
Education officials in Virginia have made addressing the student achievement gap a top priority in Virginia after standardized test results showed statewide declines. Virginia’s pass rates,...