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City officials say the project is designed to rebuild the street grid downtown lost when the mall opened in 1999.

It's been more than three years since Congress mandated that the Department of Homeland Security create a centralized program to collect data on fentanyl and put together a plan to keep chemical precursors from entering the U.S. But that never happened says Congressman James Walkinshaw, who introduced the Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act.

The proposal threatens decades of work to restore oysters in the bay.

It's the first time supply ships were given the award in the history of the Navy.

“For families and people with disabilities, knowing the law hasn’t changed isn’t enough,” disability advocate Tonya Milling said. “The confidence in enforcement has.”

The settlement prevents the landlord from renting properties in the state ever again.

A new report from Virginia’s Joint Commission on Health Care identifies Bath Community Hospital as one of 13 rural hospitals in Virginia considered at risk of closure. The report comes as hospitals across the country grapple with workforce shortages, rising costs, federal funding cuts, and changing patterns in how patients receive care.

A new poll dings Governor Spanberger. And there’s new fallout from a federal investigation of Senator Louise Lucas.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

The newly built amphibious assault ship was on its maiden voyage.