This year’s proposed state budget includes $50 million for Richmond’s initiative — half of what it requested to meet a state-mandated deadline.
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“If an incumbent waits until the last minute and does not file then you have a five day extension of that deadline for anyone to decide if they want to get out there and run,” the Fairfax areas Senator told Radio IQ.
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Governor Abigail Spanberger is considering legislation that would change how probation works in Virginia.
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Last year, state prisons exceeded their budget for medical care by $23 million, and the number was even higher in 2024.That forced the Department of Corrections to impose a hiring freeze at a time when many facilities are understaffed. The parole board could release more people, but it now has too few members to act.
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Virginia voters are now heading to the polls to decide whether the Commonwealth should redraw congressional district lines.
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A Harrisonburg staple, Glen’s Fair Price Store, is now preparing to sell their building and auction off their remaining merchandise after 84 years of business.
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Cyrus Pace was 38 years old when he became executive director of the Jefferson Center, a former Roanoke high school that was repurposed into a performance venue, a headquarters for numerous nonprofits, and host of music programs for young people. Now, 15 years later, Pace is leaving the Jefferson Center for a new job leading the Academy Center of the Arts, a historic theater in downtown Lynchburg.
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Second Amendment advocates aren’t happy about it, but similar laws are working in other states.
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The Taubman Museum of Art is celebrating 75 years with more than 200 newly acquired works, architecture tours, and launching an oral history project.
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Early voting is getting underway but will the results be allowed to stand? Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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Governor Abigail Spanberger is considering a bill that would reveal the identity of parents who put their children up for adoption.
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