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“You can’t get blood from a turnip, right?” said Ashley Greene with the Western Tidewater Free Clinic in Suffolk.

As Governor Abigail Spanberger took office, the two top men at Virginia’s Department of Corrections announced they were leaving. Now, there are more changes in the ranks.

Del. Charlie Schmidt's bill aimed to create the Virginia Fungi Task Force — a panel of scientists, environmentalists and state officials examining “the economic potential of fungi” in the state.

An economic development program pairs students at the University of Virginia with communities in Southwest Virginia to help grow their local economies.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents may soon have a bunch of new restrictions about what they can do in Virginia courtrooms and at polling places, plus new restrictions on when and where they can wear masks.

Advocates pushed Tuesday for cooperation agreements between local police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but one of Virginia’s more conservative localities recently said no.

Many communities are protesting plans for data centers here in Virginia, and now a group that works to protect national parks is joining the chorus of complaints.

Across rapidly changing legal landscapes, one Charlottesville-area physician specializing in trans care continues her fight.

The effort requires vape shops to register with the state and face big fines.

Health care continues to be a sticking point in Washington and Richmond, as state and federal lawmakers clash over funding Obamacare subsidies that expired last year.