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Public health experts agree – it’s not if but when. Mankind will see another pandemic, and a team of scientists at the University of Virginia hopes to be ready with a new way of making vaccines. It’s faster and less expensive than anything now available as Sandy Hausman reports.

The Senate initially rejected a bill to legalize online gaming, a major priority for companies like DraftKings and FanDuel. But when three of the senators in opposition were out of the chamber, the senator who introduced the bill asked for another vote and it passed.

As for the rest of the Virginia GOP, Delegate Wren Williams said votes against the legal market likely represent the values of their constituents.

The 2026 General Assembly session hit its halfway point this week. Michael Pope and Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro take a look at the session so far and the week that was in state politics and government.

Delegate Cliff Hayes said assessing the risk each AI bill could have on federal funding was a collaborative effort; even Governor Abigail Spanberger’s office was involved.

Roanoke hosted a grand opening of a first-of-its-kind-in-the-world facility on Thursday.

Small business groups and Virginia farmers are sounding the alarm ahead of any bills’ final passage.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an office previously held by a Republican. The Democratic rebuttal will immediately follow Trump’s address to Congress next Tuesday, offering the party’s most high-profile opportunity to deliver a countermessage.

Members of the Virginia General Assembly are trying to get a prescription for savings.

Suicide is a common law crime in Virginia, something that was inherited from British law back in the 1700s when people who died by suicide forfeited all their property to the king. In 1961, the British Parliament decriminalized suicide. But it's still a crime in Virginia.