Tag: Government + Politics

WASHINGTON — Just over two months from midterm elections and four months removed from a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ...

Va. officials announce disbursement of $122 million in Rural Health Transformation Fund awards

Of a total $189 million in Rural Health Transformation Fund awards that Virginia received late last year, $122 million has ...

If Va.’s reproductive rights amendment passes, challengers say they’ll fight to overturn it in court

A legal challenge to amend the ballot language for Virginia’s pending reproductive rights constitutional amendment has been in limbo since ...

Virginia to receive $353 million in landmark Meta child-safety settlement

Virginia is set to receive at least $353 million from Meta Platforms Inc. under a major multistate settlement that would ...

Spanberger orders state agencies to prepare for Medicaid, SNAP changes

Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday ordered Virginia agencies to step up efforts to prevent eligible residents from losing Medicaid and ...

Amazon changes course on water use for King George data center campus

Amazon Web Services is changing course on how a King George data center project will get its water after an ...

“Remember the little guy”: Kaine hears from Virginia farmers as Canada trade fight drives up concern

Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs ...

Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.

August 24, 2026

Three years in a row of losing in the legislature might persuade some people to give up trying to get ...

Federal judge denies hemp entrepreneurs’ request to overturn Virginia’s new THC limit

A federal judge in Roanoke on Friday declined seven Virginia business owners’ request to eliminate a new regulation that removes ...

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

August 21, 2026