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The project was a partnership between NOAA and Northrop Grumman, which used emerging sonar technology.

“Housing near jobs would have been the most impactful bill we could have passed on housing affordability," Henrico County Democratic Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg told Radio IQ.

The Virginia Department of Health opened an additional 250 acres of water for commercial harvesters, who mostly raise oysters through aquaculture.

The delegate's fix will make it easier for the agency, created in 2020 to expand train travel in the Commonwealth, to take land for new rail lines.

Where and when can data centers be built? How much information should a local government consider before making a zoning decision? And should they be exempt from taxes? These are lingering questions dominating the final days of the Virginia General Assembly’s legislative session.

Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Leaders of the money committees are at an impasse over the budget, and the deadlock may derail the end of the General Assembly session.

“Our work on voting rights and ballot access has led to historic election turnout and our ranking among top 15 states in ease of voting,” said Newport News Democratic Delegate Cia Price.

Residents and educators in Waynesboro are pushing back against a proposal that could change how the city funds its public schools.

The Harrisonburg Planning Commission voted 5-1 Wednesday night to recommend that the city council approve The Link, a controversial multi-story apartment complex planned for downtown. WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports.