Rural Americans need policies that invest in rural communities, help small farmers compete with big agri-businesses, and hold corporations accountable, according to a new report released Monday. The 2023 Rural Policy Action Report, put together by a national...
As sea levels continue to rise across the country and around America’s coastal states, the city of Virginia Beach is taking necessary steps to adapt to a changing environment. Nearly seven years after Hurricane Matthew drenched some areas of the city with 14 inches...
Elections for all 100 House of Delegates and 40 state Senate seats will be held on Nov. 7, 2023, but smart voters should be mindful of other key Virginia election dates this fall, too. First day of in-person early voting at your local registrar’s office begins...
After six months of negotiations, Democrats finally won most of the concessions they sought on state budget amendments, and this week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin officially signed them into law. But when will Virginians see the benefits? At a ceremonial signing event on...
by Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury Over a four-month period in 2022, Virginia leaders in education and workforce development held a series of meetings to provide recommendations to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration on improving state K-12 education. ...
Just a couple of weeks ago, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin steered the spotlight away from himself and towards his party’s work to keep its majority in the House of Delegates and flip the state Senate to GOP control. Now Youngkin seems to want that attention back. Most...
Virginia’s official state-run primary elections will be held on June 20, but many Republicans have already selected their nominees for this fall’s state legislative election in other ways. Virginia is notorious for having elections every single year. As an...
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Even a short-term breach in the federal debt limit would rattle an already fragile state economy, Virginia finance staffers on Tuesday told lawmakers, who say that looming uncertainty is now the main...
State Sen. Creigh Deeds has been serving Virginia for more than 30 years, and he recently made the news when his beagle, Mila, went on a two week excursion after getting loose in Albemarle County. Ahead of the June primary, where incumbent Deeds is being challenged by...
