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“Exposure to the existence of LGBT people and LGBT families through these texts is not a constitutionally cognizable burden,” argued WilmerHale attorney Alan Schoenfeld.

Some people go into business to make money, but one MBA candidate at the University of Virginia is using his business savvy to give money away – or at least to help erase debt.

The Department of Corrections is Virginia’s most expensive agency – costing taxpayers more than one point three billion dollars a year, but taxpayers know little about what goes at our 26 state prisons. Over the years Radio IQ has talked with many prisoners, but administrators refuse to do interviews, and guards are reluctant to speak out. Now, one man – a correctional officer for more than 20 years – is sharing his views.

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney is the latest to throw his hat into the ring.

A national study looks at the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations, including those in Blacksburg and Christiansburg. It’s the first time a community in the western part of Virginia was included in the report.

A new report from the General Assembly's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission describes the ongoing shortage of affordable childcare in Virginia. Dwayne Yancey with Cardinal News has been studying that report and shared some of what he found in it with Fred Echols.

Staying in touch behind bars isn't cheap. The cost of phone calls and emails in Virginia is well above the national average – that’s a cost paid by families with loved ones who have been incarcerated.

News about the environment and the animals that share our planet can be discouraging, but there’s one creature that seems to be doing quite well in spite of climate change and pollution.

The water company that supplies water to the Roanoke Valley has settled with a chemical company. Chemours has agreed to pay up to $12 million to help the Western Virginia Water Authority filter GenX from their reservoir.

“There’s nothing new that’s advocated by any social justice warrior on crime that has not been previously advocated for in the 1970s with disastrous effects,” Miyares said.