Opinion

A Tazewell County judge blocks state officials for holding an election. The attorney general will appeal, but early voting is scheduled to start in 11 days.

The closing marks the end of a Black newspaper whose roots go back to 1882.

We’re at the midway point of the 2026 legislative session. Here are some of the themes that have emerged.

Providers who operate in good faith regularly report confusion about expectations and duplicative requirements, while bad actors exploit gaps between agencies.

The retention rate of STEM grads has stayed the same or, in the case of biomedical jobs, improved. It’s the non-STEM grads who tend to leave, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

One footnote in his career is how he upended a Southern Democratic primary in 1988 intended to nominate a more moderate candidate. 

The Virginia Supreme Court may yet throw out the results after the fact, but for now, let’s assume that the referendum on April 21 on whether Virginia should redraw the state’s congressional lines mid-decade to give Democrats an overwhelmingly partisan advantage in the state’s delegation will count.

Several bills working their way through the legislature would help improve our overall nursing home system.