11+ hour, 3+ min ago  (597+ words) Virginia spends, on average, $70,000 a year to provide medical care for prisoners over the age of 55. They suffer from cancer, kidney failure, heart disease and other chronic conditions that require expensive testing and daily medication. Today, at 56, he has survived…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (600+ words) Governor Spanberger gave herself the authority to pull out of agreements with ICE on her first day in office, but Wednesday she decided to use it. "These agreements improperly ceded discretion and authority over Virginia law enforcement to federal authorities,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (453+ words) The federal government released new dietary guidelines recently, advising Americans to eat fewer processed foods. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins say the new guidelines will help reduce chronic diseases. The new guidelines…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (205+ words) Members of the Virginia state Senate are considering a bill that would prevent abortion rights opponents from blocking access to clinics. When does free speech become an obstruction? That's what members of the Virginia State Senate are asking as they…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (285+ words) A teenage Virginia Civil Rights pioneer is now memorialized inside the United States Capitol. A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled Tuesday afternoon. During the unveiling ceremony, her sister read from the journal Barbara Johns kept when she was…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (228+ words) Virginia's new school accountability framework was put in place for the 2024-2025 school year and the first results were published just this month. Analysts with the non-partisan Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, or JLARC, studied the new system and presented…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (296+ words) Towns and cities across Virginia are now required to test for levels of PFAS in public water. But much less is known about whether forever chemicals may be in well water. 1 in 5 Virginians rely on wells, springs, and cisterns for…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (541+ words) Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors (BOV) met Tuesday and voted to increase the university's athletic budget by $229 million over the next four years. In August, athletic director Whit Babcock told the BOV if they didn't invest more, Virginia Tech wouldn't…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (188+ words) Thousands of people came to an event at Virginia Tech Wednesday night which was hosted by Turning Point USA, the organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk. Originally, Kirk was scheduled to speak at Virginia Tech, before he was killed....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (367+ words) President Donald Trump told the nation this week a common drug has been linked to an increase in autism in newborns when used during pregnancy. But for Virginians who are members of, and advocate for, the autism community, the statement…...