News from Virginia Public Radio

A campaign to bring passenger trains to the Shenandoah Valley has garnered local support in Harrisonburg. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

“There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes and we’re not doing that,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said.

People all over the country are looking to the congressional race in Tidewater Virginia and the Richmond suburbs as a bellwether.

The Virginia list should raise some eyebrows, with Rockingham, Augusta and other counties not making the so-called rural cut.

The bloom has “caused quite a stir” among officials who research the issue.

USS Arlington was named to commemorate the attack at the Pentagon where 184 people died.

The panel will review more than 300 cases connected to former state forensic scientist Mary Jane Burton, whose work at the crime lab has been called into question.

"There’s something really powerful about living your authentic life and showing up, whether that be at work, with your family, where you socialize."

Today, the nation and Virginia are remembering the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks in 2001. Michael Pope and Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro talk about how Virginia political candidates at the time reacted – in addition to the week that was in state government and politics.

Early voting starts next week, which means that Virginians who have signed up to be on the permanent list of voters who receive an absentee ballot in the mail will receive them soon.