“They have killed American citizens in our streets. And they have done it all with their faces masked from accountability,” Governor Abigail Spanberger said.

Almost all of Virginia's rural counties and many small and medium-sized cities that had lost population are now seeing more people arriving than leaving.

Members of the Virginia General Assembly are debating what kind of rules should govern so-called “forever chemicals” used in widely available consumer products.

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells.

More than 4,000 Virginians visited emergency rooms for heat-related illness last year.

A statue honoring Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is so close to the House chamber, you can see it from the windows of the Capitol. For now, anyway. That won't be the case if the House approves a Senate bill to remove it along with two other statues honoring the Lost Cause.

“I think they’ll continue to build in Virginia, but I think they understand it's going to be a different playing field right now,” Senator Louise Lucas said.

Governor Abigail Spanberger had her primetime moment earlier this week. Michael Pope and Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro discuss that and the week that was in state government and politics.

Virginia’s last election put Democrats in control of the governor’s mansion and the General Assembly, so organized labor thought home healthcare workers and university employees might finally get the right to collective bargaining. Instead, both groups have been cut out of pending bills and are fighting to get back in.

This winter, storms created rock-hard, ice-encrusted snow, shutting schools, businesses and even government agencies. It also shut down watermen, normally out harvesting seafood.