In September there were more than 58,000 people in U.S. immigration detention centers, up by more than 20,000 from the same time last year. About 90% of those facilities are run by private, for-profit companies. They’re not subject to state requirements or inspections.Sandy Hausman spoke with one person held at the facility in Farmville, in Central Virginia.

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled Tuesday afternoon.

Last month, a 40-year-old corrections officer at the River North Correctional Center was killed, allegedly by an inmate. The union representing corrections officers blamed understaffing at the prison. Weeks earlier, Sandy Hausman spoke with a person incarcerated there. His concerns also shed light on policies and tensions at River North.

Virginia’s Department of Education recently rolled out a new school accountability system. A state watchdog agency is already suggesting improvements

Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.

A recent study found there is virtually nowhere in Virginia where you won’t find some traces of PFAS in the water, even in rural wells.

Rising power bills are causing increasing anxiety across Virginia, although opinions are divided about the reason for the increase and potential solutions.

Almost from the moment that Glenn Youngkin became Virginia's governor four years ago, the political world has wondered what's next for a Republican who seemed to keep one foot in the MAGA movement and the other in the party's traditional country club establishment.

The first cause for concern is changes to federally backed college loan programs made under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

Last month, two people were killed in state prisons – a corrections officer and an inmate. The union that represents COs says chronic staff shortages are to blame.