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.
More Local News
-
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.
-
Five years after Virginia legalized marijuana for personal use the state will finally have an authorized retail market. The General Assembly will write the rules for how that market will work and stores are expected to be in business before the end of 2026.Dwayne Yancey with Cardinal News spoke with Fred Echols about how that market will work.
-
A company that makes license plate readers is hoping that the General Assembly will let them operate on interstates, although many lawmakers are skeptical.
-
A West Virginia National Guard member who was shot last month in the nation’s capital is being transitioned from hospital acute care to in-patient rehabilitation, a doctor said Friday.
-
“We need to do it in a smart, environmentally safe way," Terry McAuliffe said of short-term natural gas projects.
-
Norfolk Police are asking the public to help identify the man who painted Christian crosses across the Masjid ash Shura mosque.
-
Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger is piecing together her cabinet before her inauguration next month. Michael Pope and Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro discuss that and more in state politics and government.
-
Ever since the English privateer ship White Lion arrived at Port Comfort in 1619 with 20 to 30 enslaved people, Virginia's legal system has never really lived up to its ideals.
The Met Opera season on WVTF Music begins Dec. 6th.
A weekday news podcast hosted by Jeff Bossert
NPR News Headlines
Concerts, Arts Exhibits, Community Events and More