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School Boards Are Failing Our Students, and Absenteeism Is Just the Symptom

In Loudoun County and across Virginia, public...

Will Loudoun County’s transgender policies become Virginia’s problem?

Loudoun County Defies Title IX Directive Last week,...

Regulator approves electricity transmission line, towers in Alexandria to serve one data center

Bren Pointe residents in Fairfax County are closer to seeing steel transmission towers rise just outside their townhomes after Virginia’s regulators approved a new electricity line to serve a single planned commercial data center.

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Protesters in Richmond call for ban on local cooperation with ICE after wave of detentions

Protesters hold signs outside Richmond City Hall on Monday during a rally against recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions, calling for the city...

Chesterfield community members sustain opposition to proposed gas plant Dominion calls necessary

Members of the Chesterfield community gather before a DEQ meeting about the proposed Dominion Energy gas plant. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury)“Enough is enough,”...

VA ends union contracts for thousands of employees, citing focus on veterans

The Fredericksburg Health Care Center in Virginia, which is operated by the VA. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs)In a sweeping policy...

Trump makes surprise phone call to SC Republicans at fundraising dinner headlined by Youngkin

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to 770 attendees at SC GOP’s annual Silver Elephant fundraiser gala in Columbia Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by...

Addiction treatment as an economic development strategy? Dickenson County, ravaged by substance abuse and overdose deaths, says yes

Developer Greg May was pulling out of the parking lot of a barbecue lunch he throws every year in Dickenson County when he heard...

Earle-Sears: Renewable energy isn’t as clean as people think

Virginia’s next governor will face an energy crisis. How she handles it may well define her term. The basic problem is that the demand for...

Roanoke seeks to bring all city workers over $42K ‘living wage’ pay threshold

It was clear from the start of Roanoke’s tumultuous budget season this year that improving employee compensation for the city’s 1,643 full-time employees was...

Montgomery County school needs, legislative priorities to be addressed

Montgomery County supervisors will take action to put various school system funding into the new county budget when they meet Monday. The county board...

Headlines from across the state: Youngkin directs National Guard to help with immigration enforcement; more . . .

Here are some of the top headlines from other news outlets around Virginia. Some content may be behind a metered paywall: Politics: Amtrak Virginia ridership increased...

VHSL football schedules for 2025: Every game in the state listed

High school football kicks off Aug. 28. Here’s the schedule for every Virginia High School League team in the state. All schedules are subject...

Rabid foxes found in Campbell and Franklin counties

The Virginia Department of Health warns that rabid animals have been found in Campbell County and Franklin County. This follows a previous announcement that...

Billy Long ousted by Trump as IRS chief after less than 2 months in office

Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long testifies before the Senate Finance Committee at his confirmation hearing as Internal Revenue Service commissioner on Tuesday, May 20,...

Former Martinsville city manager calls termination ‘retaliatory’ for EEOC complaint 

Former Martinsville City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides called her recent firing retaliation for having filed a civil rights-related complaint a month prior.   According to her statement,...

Amtrak Virginia ridership increased exponentially this year. But is future growth in jeopardy?

An Amtrak passenger train crosses the James River in Richmond. (Photo by Taber Bain/Flickr/Creative Commons License 2.0)Amtrak Virginia’s ridership numbers continue to show increases,...

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