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Members of the General Assembly are getting ready for the upcoming session. And so are lobbyists who represent gambling interests.

Youngkin’s Right Help Right Now is a holistic attempt to address numerous mental health crises across Virginia. Two years in he has some things to celebrate.

During a special referendum Tuesday, 27 residents voted yes to the question of should Glen Lyn dissolve, and six voted no.

This country has lost more than a third of its bookstores in the last decade. But in Charlottesville – a small city with a large annual book festival – six shops survive on the Downtown Mall.

For seventy years, the University of Virginia has allowed students to lead admission and history tours on campus, sharing information as they see fit, but last spring that changed. Without much explanation, administrators suspended tours and began negotiating with the student guide service. Now, guides say they’ve had enough and will start leading tours again next month.

Senators pull in $18,000 a year, and delegates make a little less – a salary that's remained unchanged for more than 30 years.

One of the most famous American poets, Nikki Giovanni, died Monday at the age of 81. She taught at Virginia Tech for 35 years, and was a prominent figure in the Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements.

“Tax break… for hard working families? I’m feeling really good about that one,” Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas told Radio IQ Monday.

Lottie Smith Payne has spent her entire life in Willisville, a small community of about 18 homes in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County that dates to the mid-1800s.

The more than $400,000 USDA grant also connects eligible Medicaid recipients to Carilion nutrition classes.