By: Jacob Fischler - Virginia Mercury Most Transportation Security Administration officers received a paycheck Monday covering four weeks of back wages that were held up by the funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security, a TSA spokesperson said. The lack of pay had produced long wait lines for security checks...

By Jennifer Shutt | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he signed an executive order last year that blocked funding from going to the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. U.S. District Judge Randolph Daniel Moss...

Executive action to rejoin ERIC contrasts with GOP legal push to preserve noncitizen removals ahead of elections. By: Markus Schmidt - Virginia Mercury With midterm elections approaching in Virginia, Republicans and Democrats are advancing competing strategies over how the state maintains its voter rolls, setting up an already familiar clash that...

By Steven Allen Adams For The Inter-Mountain Charleston — Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday that Google has purchased property in Putnam County to begin the process of locating a data center in West Virginia. In a press release Friday morning, Morrisey said Google has taken its first step toward a multi-million-dollar...

By Ashton Pack and Haven Steele For The Parthenon Amidst the ongoing opioid epidemic, harm reduction strategies have been essential for reducing the number of deaths by overdose. One of the most important harm reduction strategies is the deployment of Narcan, also referred to as naloxone, an overdose reversal medicine. Susan...

By Ashley Murray | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — The White House defended skyrocketing gas prices Tuesday as a “short-term disruption” during the ongoing war in Iran, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the administration will not “foreclose any option” in the conflict, including boots on the ground....

By Steven Allen Adams For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – Months after West Virginia’s highest court stayed a ruling by a Raleigh County circuit judge allowing for religious exemptions to the state’s compulsory vaccination law for school-age children, parties in the case are making their case for the lower...

With a focus on supporting Democratic candidates, the outreach efforts will also spotlight Virginia’s redistricting ballot referendum. By: Charlotte Rene Woods - March 30, 2026 5:25 am The Democratic National Committee kicked off a new campaign Monday to ensure new voters who register in Virginia are people who align with the...

By Mike Tony For HDMedia Google applied to West Virginia to have the state certify a planned Putnam County project as a “High-Impact” data center exempt from a broad range of local regulations Tuesday, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s office. Just 72 hours later, Morrisey already had announced that Google had...

Data shows 487 killings at religious congregations and community centers in America from 2000 to 2024 — 11 of them in Virginia. Roger Chesley At a recent event in Hampton Roads, Michael Goldsmith, regional security advisor for the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, emphasized key points to remember if facing an...