Search results for

Roanoke College launches a new major in Cannabis Studies, while the General Assembly works on constructing a marijuana marketplace… Also in Richmond, lawmakers advance legislation to protect inmates from price gouging, and we have a General Assembly review and analysis from Jeff Schapiro….

After many years of wrangling over a new courthouse in Augusta County, officials hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new site… We explore the role of the 65-year-old annual Maple Festival in Highland, Virginia’s least populous county… Governor Youngkin vetoes some bills, signs others, and we have an update….

High winds, dry conditions, and warm temperatures make the situation ripe for wildfires, so our region is under a Red Flag Warning… For the first time, the judge for the Western District of Virginia will be an Asian-American woman… We have the latest on bills that have, and haven’t, survived the General Assembly session, including a failed bill that would have lent support to private cops killed on the job…

The town of Craigsville is still without running water, and that’s also affected inmates at the Augusta Correctional Center… Communities up and down the Shenandoah Valley gear up for International Women’s Day celebrations this weekend… The General Assembly releases its budget, notably without the governor’s cherished arena project in Alexandria, and we have the details along with analysis from Jeff Schapiro….

Many voters at Senator Tim Kaine’s campaign stop in Harrisonburg implore him to support a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip… Virginia has lost thousands of small farms in recent years… Virginia’s General Assembly session adjourns after lawmakers approve a budget, which now goes to the governor for approval or amendment….

FBI data show that anti-LGBTQ+ incidents have risen fastest in states, including Virginia, that have passed laws or policies restricting LGBTQ student rights and education... Virginia teens take their case for the right to a livable environment to the state’s court of appeals... Governor Youngkin signs a bill ending college legacy admissions, but vetoes a railroad safety bill....

The troubled Nexus company faces yet another federal court hearing... We profile the Blue Ridge Free Clinic, nearly four years after its doors first opened... Governor Youngkin signs a bill protecting same-sex marriage, and religious rights activists are not happy....

Researchers at UVa Health say they’ve discovered a blood test to predict who may be at risk of longer-term lung effects from severe COVID infections... Governor Youngkin signs a number of new bills into law, but rejects others, including a mandate to rejoin the ERIC election data partnership... Jeff Schapiro reviews the week in Virginia politics....

Senator Kaine addresses the ongoing problems with mail delivery in Virginia… Virginia’s attorney general teams up with his Tennessee counterpart to sue the NCAA over name, image and likeness deal restrictions… The General Assembly keeps churning out legislation, and Jeff Schapiro is here to discuss it….

A group of Rockingham County students is vowing a lengthy fight over the school board’s recent decisions… A trial date is set for the former UVa student accused of murdering three of his schoolmates in 2022… In the General Assembly, the governor’s tax proposal fails its first test, but another change to the tax code to help lower income families advances….