Virginia Public Access Project

A pair of students – one at the University of Virginia, the other at Virginia Military Institute – have made history at their schools this spring.

Candidates for the General Assembly are facing a key deadline this week for campaign finance.

People will soon be betting on horse races again at Virginia's Colonial Downs track but it'll be done in a whole new way. And, a new statewide program that matches worker training to industry needs is about to get a real test at the Newport News shipyards.

Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project's VA News link.

Some residents of King George County are angry about the quality of their drinking water and they're using social media to make their point and the push to loosen marijuana laws may be winning more converts in the Virginia.

The Spotsylvania County school board will not require football players to stand during the national anthem and Halifax County residents are hoping to soon have the kind of  internet service that most people already take for granted.