Virginia is about to get a handful of new laws to crack down on debt collectors.

Virginia’s Department of Corrections is the most expensive agency in the state, costing taxpayers more than $1.5 billion a year, but few people know what goes on behind prison walls. To change that, a non-profit group is coordinating a pen pal program designed to educate the public and provide support for inmates who are lonely.

It’s been 250 years since Thomas Jefferson penned America’s Declaration of Independence, but Jefferson’s reputation as a hero might have been tarnished by one incident that occurred on June 4th, 1781.

Researchers across Appalachia are trying to better understand how survivors of Hurricane Helene are doing, years after their lives were uprooted by flooding.

A grassroots group in the Harrisonburg area, mostly led by retirees, has educated the public about climate change and advocated for solutions for 18 years. This spring, they decided to disband, and pass the environmental baton to other organizations that have sprouted up.

In March, Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed eight new members to the board — a 21-person panel established in 2021.

Virginia may soon have a system that has a discounted rate structure for water service. The new rates would be available to lower-income customers.

Four years after Virginia became the fourth state to cover doula care for Medicaid recipients, just one percent of expectant and new moms choose to enroll. But one rural county supports a popular Medicaid-certified doula.

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Virginia Tech and the Southeastern Universities Research Association to operate the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News.

State officials introduced blue catfish in the 1970s to jumpstart a recreational fishery. Now they’re building a commercial market to take out the same fish.