According to a state report, Virginia public schools need more than $20 billon for infrastructure improvements. On Election Day, voters in 47 localities around Virginia were asked to approve 1% sales tax increase to fund school construction and improvements.

Sean Rowe, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and worshippers at Bruton Parish acknowledged the church’s historical role in slavery during the burial service.

Every year, about a hundred thousand people are diagnosed with melanoma – an especially dangerous form of skin cancer. Until recently, there were few treatments, but an expert at the University of Virginia says there have been important new developments that prolong life. Sandy Hausman has that story.

"We think people are channeling that resistance into data centers,” says researcher Maura Austin.

Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died.

To understand the electric grid, officials say they need to know about weather.

Some voters in Virginia approved of increasing their local sales tax to finance school construction. But... most jurisdictions rejected the ballot initiative.

The results of Virginia’s 2026 Midterm elections are in, but the dust is still settling.Michael Pope and Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro recap the week in politics and state government.

The State Corporation Commission is expected to make a decision on the merger by mid-January.

It took some time, but the Associated Press has now declared Democrat Shannon Taylor and Republican incumbent John McGuire the winners in the 1st and 5th Congressional Districts.