Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.

Local governments often give supplemental pay to prosecutors. But they don't always show the same generosity to public defenders.

One of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s first executive orders has yet to affect most of its target, schoolchildren and their parents, as most school districts have continued to require masks in schools.

Being the EPA chief for Donald Trump isn't really the best resume for Senate Democrats, who are hoping to reject Governor Glenn Youngkin's pick for running his administration's environmental policy. That created a sense of tension when Andrew Wheeler testified before a Senate panel that makes environmental laws.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found unanimously that the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management failed to properly predict and prevent erosion and sedimentation problems.

The number of new cases in the Roanoke City-Alleghany Health District is about 25% lower this week.

One of the top priorities for the newly-created Asian-American Pacific Islander Caucus is strengthening the definition of religion to include any outward expression of religious faith.

Starbucks has grown exponentially in 50 years to more than 15,000 stores in the U.S. All of this growth and success without union employees.But now two stores in New York have unionized and petitions for unions have been filed at two stores in Richmond.Roben Farzad, host of the Full Disclosure podcast, and Weekend Edition host Craig Wright discuss what’s driving the effort and how it might impact the company

On the campaign trail, Glenn Youngkin frequently talked about tax cuts for veterans. Now that he's been inaugurated, he's hoping to follow through on that promise.

Virginia will soon be home to a new digital archive dedicated to the work of Black poets. And supply chain issues are causing serious shortages for school lunch programs.Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project's Va. News link.