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The top stories for May 5, 2026, including a closer look at 'legislating' Virginia's budget, why did the state's corrections department lay off more than 10-percent of its hourly wage staff, and in his new book, NPR's Scott Simon shares tales of his pets and other animal encounters in a talk with Craig Wright.

The top stories for May 8, 2026, including efforts by Virginia colleges to recover from a cyberattack hitting thousands of schools around the US, RoVa Labs opens a biotech incubator in Roanoke, and a Virginia Tech student describes her 80 day canoe trip into the Canadian arctic.

Top stories for May 14th, 2026 including SCOTUS redistricting, improving rural maternal heath, and more.

Top stories for May 13th, 2026 including Modern police reform, a bikecentennial, vaping rules, and a new solar farm in a unique location.

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.

Top stories for May 15th, 2026 including Bike trails in Blacksburg, the latest in VA politics, drought, and more.

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.

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 21, 2026, including Gov. Spanberger taking more immigration-related actions Wednesday, Sen. Tim Kaine praises a war powers resolution discharged by a Senate Committee, and a new analysis shows the CEO's of the two largest utility operations in Virginia are among the highest paid in the country.

The top stories for May 25, 2026, including a bill to address esophageal cancer named for the late Congressman Gerry Connolly, a scandal at the Charlottesville-based Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts has members concerned, and AI 's involvement in health care might be done to a level patients don't fully understand.