The Commonwealth is seeing rising unemployment, but the war in Iran could actually help the situation.

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has made many people feel uneasy about the job market and left some small businesses and non-profits wondering what AI might mean for them. Those situations have prompted a new program at the University of Virginia.

Democrats running in the Fifth Congressional District hope to attack the incumbent, John McGuire, for a vote not to extend COVID-era credits that made healthcare coverage affordable for more than 33,000 Virginians. McGuire made a rare public appearance in Charlottesville this week and reporter Sandy Hausman asked about that subject.

No Dominion Energy representative was in attendance at a recent Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority meeting – even as the utility hopes state regulators sign off on a massive merger.

“What we want to do is try and get more young people out there, outdoors, away from their little machines, and seeing mother nature and getting outside,” Fowler told Radio IQ.

The new fiscal year starts next month, but Virginia still has no budget. And leaders in the General Assembly are still divided over what to do about a tax break for data centers.

Could Virginia soon have a legal marijuana marketplace despite a gubernatorial veto? Michael Pope and Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro discuss that and the week that was in state politics and government.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its opinion permitting state bans on trans healthcare for minors, pointed to concerns about long term side effects.

June 6th is the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. But Saturday will also mark the 25th anniversary of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.

The International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference first gathered in 1968 in Belgium. Since then, it’s convened 20 times, including three times in the United States: Boston in 1982, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 2000. And this week... in Roanoke.