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Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old father of two and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed in broad daylight Wednesday at a Utah Valley University event.

After four years presiding over the state Senate, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is attempting to make the leap to the governor’s mansion this fall. She is running on a platform of conservative values and her campaign largely mirrors the themes that brought Gov. Glenn Youngkin victory in 2021 — parents’ rights, fiscal responsibility and defending personal freedoms. 

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — The Virginia Beach Police Benevolent Association (VBPBA) announced its endorsement of Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, along with the entire...

Hitachi Energy plans to invest $457m and create 825 new jobs on its South Boston Campus in Halifax County. The company will be building more power grid components as the demand for electricity is increasing rapidly.

Whether you’re a parent who objects to sexually explicit books being shown in your kids’ classrooms, an opponent of discriminatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, or a rank-and-file Virginian, your state’s Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor thinks you’re a bigot.

The Virginia Department of Education is facing calls for greater transparency regarding plans to raise academic benchmarks for students. 

The city council of Danville will discuss three budget amendments at its regular meeting on Tuesday at 7 pm. These amendments are to be used to fund projects and programs at the Danville Regional Airport.

Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) residential users could see their utility bills increase by an average of over $8 monthly, if state regulators accept the company’s current proposal to make an interim rake hike permanent. 

Loudoun County Defies Title IX Directive Last week, the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board voted 6–3 to again defy a directive from the U.S....

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.

Virginia is advancing toward banning transgenders from competing on women’s sports teams, even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up two cases that could set a national precedent. 

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears dropped by an American Legion office in Midlothian on Thursday, a stop on her “Operation Defend and Deliver” campaign event series.

The Virginia Clean Economy Act was passed into law by the Governor of Virginia. Its supporters celebrated this bold step towards a future free...

As the demand to pump power to energy-thirsty data centers concentrated in Northern Virginia swells, a debate about where to put  towering high-powered transmission lines in populated areas has put one Loudoun County community on the defensive.

Some Virginia classrooms are embracing top-tier teaching tools — but others are barely touching them. A new statewide survey finds wide disparities in how English and math teachers use high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), underscoring the challenge of lifting student performance.

RICHMOND, VA — In what is becoming an alarming pattern, Abigail Spanberger refuses to condemn radical antisemitism in the Democrat Party. This time,...

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

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) adopted Policy 8040, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) adopted Policy 8040, RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE STUDENTS, on August 11,...

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,”...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that toll collection on the Route 17 George P. Coleman Bridge will cease on the evening of August 8, 2025.

Fairfax County Planning Commission , at its meeting on July 9,, approved Dominion Energy’s request for two new substations that will support future data centres in the Dulles region.

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,...

Traffic on the Capital Beltway near the American Legion Bridge. (Photo by Dave Dildine/WTOP News)Maryland commuters don’t want to be exploited by toll-road profiteers,...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, left, and Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, right, listen as Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks to reporters...

Aretha Ferrell-Benavides is no longer city manager following her termination, Thursday evening, by Martinsville’s city council.  Following a closed session deliberation lasting more than two...

Most sports teams have one mascot. The Washington Nationals baseball team has four —caricatures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt...

As a proud Virginian I feel compelled to voice my concerns about John McAuliff’s candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates. At a time...

Dominion Energy Virginia contributed an additional $1 million to Virginia state level politicians as large, late donations for the pre-primary elections.

Jay Jones, the Virginia Democrat candidate for Attorney General, took a stand in public against protecting children who are vulnerable. Jones, as a Virginia Delegate for 2020, voted against some mandatory reporting laws pertaining to sex crimes committed against minors. Jones voted for House bill 257, which removed the requirement that school principals report misdemeanor crime to law enforcement.

Arlington's Democratic leadership at the state and federal levels has ammunition from new data that shows an increase of Virginia's unemployment claims. Rep. Don Beyer,...

Fairfax County Public Schools and other Northern Virginia school districts are being pressured by the U.S. Department of Education to reverse their policies that support transgender children.

RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the gender policies of five school...

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the Virginia Veterans Network (VVN), a resource built by veterans for veterans, has reached 30,000 registered users across the Commonwealth.

Arlington Public Schools is discriminating against Boys and Girls in our Public School System.

Amid recent political rhetoric about rising crime and violence in American cities, a new analysis shows that violent crime has continued to decline this...

As Virginia weighs whether or not to enshrine abortion, the act of killing babies in its constitution, the issue is playing a significant role in the upcoming elections for governor and motivating voters across party lines — including some who say it’s reshaping how they plan to vote this fall. 

As Virginia lawmakers heard from state health officials Wednesday about potential effects of federal healthcare funding changes approved by Congress earlier this month, it became clear to Del. Cia Price, D-Newport News: “we at this time do not have a true sense of what we’re up against.” 

Conservatives recently celebrated, and rightfully so, as The University of Pennsylvania was forced to apologize for their role in elevating transgender swimmers over biological...

AstraZeneca, a pharmaceutical giant with a growing presence in Virginia's life sciences industry, announced plans to build the largest drug-manufacturing facility in the entire...

Toll Road Investors Partnership II (TRIP II), which operates the private 14-mile Dulles Greenway toll road, is seeking to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court’s decision last week to reject the company’s request to hike the roadway’s toll rate.

As Virginia wrestles with high energy demands and deadlines to switch to zero-carbon emission energy production, Gov. Glenn Youngkin last week announced funding to take the first steps towards building an advanced nuclear reactor in the southwest region of the state.

Maher asked Republicans to provide examples of left-wing bias. They delivered

Across the country, public school enrollment has failed to rebound to pre-pandemic levels — and data suggests the decline is far from over. According to...

Herndon has officially filed a lawsuit against Comstock Companies, after the developer abandoned its long-stalled Downtown Redevelopment Project last year. The town filed a suit...

After being caught during an sting operation in Arlington, a man from Philly will spend 15 years in prison.

The race to replace Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshaw on the Board of Supervisors began quietly. With the odds stacked in favour of him moving to Congress the race has begun to take place.

After tragic flooding in Texas claimed dozens of lives and wreaked havoc in several communities, Virginia weather and emergency officials are pitching in to...

Here’s what it means for you. Tax Provisions Permanent Extension of 2017 Tax Cuts: Makes permanent the individual tax rate cuts from the Tax Cuts and...

After a contentious primary the Republican nominees for Virginia’s next Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General took to the stage in Vienna last night (Tuesday), trying to present a united image.

A company in the information technology sector that had received offers from Texas, Florida and West Virginia but chose to remain in Tysons despite receiving competing bids.

Fairfax City Council, four years after a vote to prohibit firearms from public property and to ban them in the city, is now considering whether or not to extend these restrictions.

Next week, the three Republicans who are running for statewide offices in November will gather together in Vienna.

This week Virginia has set new heat records and come close to beating old ones for this time of year. The Richmond airport recorded...

Local Democrats who are seeking to replace the late Rep. Gerry Connolly yesterday (Wednesday) sought to differentiate themselves from a crowded race by outlining their plans to represent Virginia's eleventh Congressional District if they were elected.

Evan Omar Larsen, 23, appeared before the Loudoun County Circuit Court for sentencing for his convictions of one count of Abduction, one count of Unlawful Wounding, and one count of Strangulation.

Your food and drink orders in Virginia may start to look a little different.

Virginia is home to over a third of the data centers worldwide. These energy hungry facilities have brought business to the commonwealth, but communities are seeing the impact of the electricity and water usage hit their utility bills. Now, many localities are debating how to balance the opportunities and challenges data centers present, and grappling with how to regulate them.

On July 23, 2021, then democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe made one of the biggest political blunders in Virginia political history.  Mr. McAuliffe stated, “I...

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Stone Ledge Cider will construct a new craft cider production facility and tasting room on the grounds of their 20-acre agritourism farm in Augusta County.

I have spent my entire professional and private life at the intersection of politics and policies. Reid: My entire professional and personal life has been at the cross-section of politics and policy.

In an extensive interview conducted at his Richmond office earlier this week by Miyares - the son of Cuban refugees and the first Hispanic Virginian to be elected statewide - he insisted that the current situation in California was the result of poor leadership.

LCSO, ICE, and Keeping You Safe – Fact versus Fiction  Loudoun County, VA (June 12, 2025): The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is recognized as a national leader in keeping our residents safe.

Former CIA analyst to spend three years in federal jail after pleading guilty for improperly sharing top-secret national defense information Asif William Rahman...

Five years ago, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) lowered academic requirements in response to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President...

The Republican tax bill, including its provision to eliminate the $200 tax and registration requirements for firearm silencers, represents a practical approach to reducing government overreach while promoting individual freedoms and economic growth. Contrary to the criticisms from Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, this legislation prioritizes the needs of law-abiding citizens and offers significant benefits for both the economy and public safety.

The Virginia Department of Education is preparing to launch a new Office of Excellence and Best Practices by hiring an executive director who will be responsible for fostering innovation, highlighting high-performing schools, and directing resources toward initiatives with a proven track record of improving student outcomes.

Traffic stops and searches of motorists in Loudoun County have increased dramatically the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2024, sparking complaints from activists and some residents.

A father of a 15-year-old Stone Bridge High School student has been notified by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) that his son is under...

RICHMOND, Va. — In the 2024 and 2025 Virginia legislative sessions, Republican lawmakers, backed by Governor Glenn Youngkin, have vigorously pursued an agenda to...

In Loudoun County and across Virginia, public schools are scrambling to address chronic absenteeism—not because it suddenly became an urgent educational concern, but because  state...

Virginia’s general fund revenues rose sharply in April, bucking signs of a national economic cooldown as the state continues to post steady long-time job growth and rake in more tax dollars than projected.

Arlington's representative in a panel that is studying D.C. Metro financing opposes a regional sales tax for the transit system.

The Virginia Mercury article (May 19, 2025) argues that President Donald Trump’s executive order halting offshore wind project approvals, permits, and funding is detrimental to Virginia’s economy, particularly the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, and criticizes Republican leaders like Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares for not opposing it.

Fairfax County chair makes ‘urgent’ plea to find candidates in 6 districts  As of May 12, some 26 Democrat incumbents in the Virginia House of...

Fairfax County Public Schools staff will receive most, but not all, of their planned salary increases under a revised fiscal year 2026 budget proposal shared last week by Superintendent Michelle Reid.

The Trump administration welcomed a small number of white South Africans on Monday as refugees.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at lowering drug prices by pressuring pharmaceutical companies to align their U.S. pricing models with those in similarly wealthy countries.

The Danish toymaker has announced this week plans to build a warehouse and distribution facility worth $366 million in the Crosspointe Business Centre of Prince George County.

The Loudoun County Public School Board has once again prioritized political posturing over student privacy. Under LCPS Policy 8040, students may use restrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity rather than biological sex.

The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors named Brigadier General Dallas Clark acting superintendent Saturday afternoon, but didn’t set a firm date for when a new superintendent will be selected.

Killing Baby Fetus's access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last week, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature.  

Governor Glenn Youngkin’s veto of House Bill HB2277 has been hailed by Virginia Republicans as a critical stand to preserve the integrity of the...

Citing grave concerns for election integrity and efficient governance, Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed Virginia House Bill HB2056, a measure sponsored by Loudoun County Delegate...

All of Virginia’s educational divisions, except two, have signed Title VI certifications pledging their commitment to treating all students equally regardless of their race, following a mandate by the state education department that builds on President Donald Trump administration’s campaign to demolish diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federally-funded agencies. 

A spike in fluoride levels during a pump install at Richmond’s water treatment plant last week went unreported for days and has prompted neighboring counties to repeat calls for a cooperative approach to water service in the region.

The internal drama roiling Virginia Republicans deepened over the weekend as John Reid, the party’s embattled nominee for lieutenant governor, accused Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s political action committee of extortion — escalating an already explosive rift just months before November’s elections.

Governor Glenn Youngkin today broke ground on the highly-anticipated New River Valley Rail Project in Christiansburg, Virginia. As part of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s (VPRA) Transforming Rail in Virginia (TRV) initiative, the New River Valley Project encompasses railroad infrastructure upgrades that will allow VPRA to extend its Amtrak Virginia service from Roanoke to Christiansburg and return passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979. 

The Loudoun County School Board has ignited controversy with its recent decision to rename several schools, a move estimated to cost taxpayers between $1.1...

A gunfight broke out during a traffic check in Fair Oaks on Wednesday, leaving two Fairfax County officers wounded and one local man dead.