Fred Echols

A Richmond school board member is at the center of controversy - again....and some Virginia Beach residents are upset over a late night phone call from the city.

Those are among the most read stories over the past week at Virginia Public Access Project’s VaNews site on vpap.org. Fred Echols reports.

VaNews is a free public service of the Virginia Public Access Project and can be found at vpap.org. 

A more accurate method of detecting Lyme Disease could be soon be available thanks to research being done in Virginia and for seafood lovers, a crab of a different color. Those stories have been among the most popular this past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s VaNews link on VPAP.org. 

VaNews is a free public service of the Virginia Public Access Project and can be found at vpap.org.

Virginia is a very good state for business but apparently no longer the best and a new reality show in Richmond paints a stark picture of life in Virginia's capitol city. Those were two of the most clicked stories over the past week at Virginia Public Access Project’s V-A News link on V-PAP-dot-org.

VaNews is a free public service of the Virginia Public Access Project and can be found at vpap.org.

Not everyone is giving an “A” to the idea of assigning letter grades to public schools in Virginia and if you’re interested in buying a Tesla off the showroom floor you’ll have to go out of state to do it. It’s illegal in the Commonwealth. Those stories have been among the most read over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s VaNews link on vpap.org.

VaNews is a free public service of the Virginia Public Access Project and can be found at vpap.org.

Even if Virginia Democrats win the Lieutenant Governor’s race this year that won’t be enough to give them control of the state Senate unless they also win at least one other contest.

Both parties are gearing up for a possible special Senate election in Tidewater....and the state legislative building in Richmond is a surprisingly dangerous place. Those stories have been among the most read this past week at the Virginia Public Access Projects’ VaNews link.