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- Virginia’s future higher education chapter should be collaborative and not competitive, says a university official
  
  Virginia will face a workforce shortage in 2026 that cannot be resolved by doing business as usual. The region's hospitals are facing some of the most high nursing vacancy rates. teacher shortages continue to strain classrooms, accelerating burnout and affecting school divisions from Hampton Roads to Southwest Virginia.
  
  ‘We’re toast’: Virginia GOP erupts in finger-pointing after sweeping Democratic wins
  
  Rick Buchanan didn’t expect to walk out before the first session even ended.
  
  Virginia Democrats were able to pull off a blue wave by leveraging green money. On television, some challengers were able to outspend incumbent Republicans...
  
  Bobby Orrock served as a delegate in the House of Delegates longer than any other member. Caroline County Republican Bobby Orrock never faced any opposition during many of these years. The campaigns he ran were not particularly close.
  
  Virginia Senate Republicans Call Out Democrats for Attack on Right To Work
  
  RICHMOND, VA – Democrats spent all year promising they would...
  
  Rein in federal health care program that raises costs for Virginians
  
  Virginians often have to choose between paying high health care expenses and their daily living costs at the gas station and grocery store. As a clinic worker in Tysons Corner I understand how vital it is that patients with chronic illnesses receive the care they require when they need it.
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School Boards Are Failing Our Students, and Absenteeism Is Just the Symptom

In Loudoun County and across Virginia, public...

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...

Tensions Flare at Loudoun County Board Meeting: Supervisors Saines and TeKrony Clash Over Procedural Briefing

A routine Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting devolved into a heated verbal exchange on Tuesday, as Democratic Supervisors Koran T. Saines and Laura A. TeKrony sparred over procedural matters, including questions about staff briefings and speaking order.

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Salem City Council to discuss a $2 million capital improvement budget for schools

VN Staff - November 24, 2025 0

Salem City Council on Monday will review a request by the Salem School Division to allocate almost $2 million of unallocated reserve capital funds to the general, grant, capital projects, and reserve funds.

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

Source Author - August 11, 2025 0

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...

Virginia lawmakers, health officials brace for Medicaid changes

VN Staff - July 24, 2025 0

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.”

Trump wraps up long, hard campaign with a stop in Southwest Virginia; Harris never...

Audrey Carpenter - November 4, 2024 0

Trump supporters drove from as far away as Kentucky to see former President Trump speak in Salem, VA Nov. 2.

Virginia’s future higher education chapter should be collaborative and not competitive, says a university official

‘We’re toast’: Virginia GOP erupts in finger-pointing after sweeping Democratic wins

Virginia Democrats were able to pull off a blue wave by leveraging green money. On television, some challengers were able to outspend incumbent Republicans...

Virginia Senate Republicans Call Out Democrats for Attack on Right To Work

Rein in federal health care program that raises costs for Virginians