The Augusta Correctional Center is under contract to be sold, according to a spokesperson for the state’s Department of General Services. No additional information — including the buyer and the sale price — will be released until after the sale’s finalized.

If the governor signs the bill, the new rules on heat stress will go into place in 2028.

Drug overdoses remain one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Researchers have designed a new type of vaccine that blocks the dangerous effects of oxycodone and fentanyl.

According to a new report, about a third of all jobs in Virginia will be affected in some way by artificial intelligence. That includes jobs in a wide range of skill levels and locations.Dwayne Yancey with Cardinal News has studied the report and he talked about it with Fred Echols.

About 200 people marched on Charlotteville’s downtown mall Sunday in support of immigrants. Sandy Hausman was there and filed this report:

“We know this is going to be very temporary,” Delegate Terry Kilgore said Friday.

The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump has changed how it reviews and distributes research funding.

A non-profit called HistoriCorps is hosting volunteer work-camps. Volunteers will spend five days restoring the Settlers Museum inside the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.

The campaigns for and against Virginia’s redistricting amendment are kicking into high gear.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

The decision is a huge legal victory for Republican legislative leaders who passed the law in late 2018.