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The top stories for April 23, 2026, including reaction on each side to Tuesday's vote approving a redistricting referendum, lawmakers send the original marijuana marketplace bill back to Gov. Spanberger, and look at the challenges of maintaining a dairy in a rural area.

The top stories for April 22, 2026, including reaction to voters narrowly approving new Virginia congressional maps that could help Democrats win four additional seats, looking at an amendment before state legislators concerning solar energy, and the University of Virginia has a new radio telescope.

The top stories for May 1, 2026, including Lynchburg city officials backtracking on growth projections made at Liberty University, the state's US Senators have a federal plan thatthey believe should mirror Virginia gun laws, and we meet a musician who's making the dungeon synth genre popular in Appalachia.

The top stories for April 30, 2026, including research at Virginia Tech on the long-term health impact of Hurricane Helene, new Virginia laws take aim at debt collectors, and a new marker provides a history lesson on how Thomas Jefferson escaped the British in 1781.

The top stories for April 27, 2026, including at look at what role a 1932 redistricting case could play in this week's arguments in the Virginia Supreme Court, a look at Volvo's expanded use of robots in the assembly line, and Lynchburg-based BWXT ramps use of use of nuclear-based fuel.

The top stories for April 24, 2026, including Virginia lawmakers failing to agree on a budget despite a special session Thursday, a fourth vote on a petition on menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, and analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope discuss a busy week in state government and politics.

The top stories for May 19, 2026, including reaction to the planned merger between Dominion and NextEra Energy, Virginia congressional candidates re-focus on the existing map with redistricting now dead, and scientists track two iconic fish in the Chesapeake Bay as part of a three-year study.

The top stories for May 18, 2026, including a nonprofit erasing millions in medical debt for some Southwest Virginia families, more than 1,000 people are recorded saying 'Appalachia' to examine how the word is pronounced, and Comcast and Appalachian Power are caught up in a dispute over broadband infrastructure.

The top stories for May 20, 2026, including Gov. Spanberger's vetoes of plans for a marijuana marketplace and prescription drug affordability board, electricians push to keep tax breaks for data centers in state budget talks, and Charlottesville's downtown mall is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Top stories for May 11th, 2026 including new agriculture in SW Virginia, Cleaning out criminal convictions, training cats, and POW barracks from the Revolutionary War.