Opinion

The provision bases funding on marriage rates and birth rates. Many rural areas, which tend to be older, score poorly on that scale. Among projects in low-scoring communities: I-81, the Coalfields Expressway and U.S. 220 in Henry County.

Phillip Stone, a Harrisonburg lawyer who has served as president of Bridgewater College and Sweet Briar College, holds an annual event on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday at the cemetery of Lincoln’s forebears in Rockingham County. The 50th observance is Wednesday.

Falls Church and Loudoun County rated as the “healthiest” communities in terms of civic health. Buchanan, Lee and Dickenson counties rated lowest.

Charles Follis signed a pro contract with an Ohio team in 1904, long before the National Football League existed.

Every community in Southwest and Southside needs to prepare for changes to Head Start and Medicaid.

Not everything in Richmond goes along party lines. Here are some of the more unexpected developments in the first half of the 2025 session.

The 2025 session has reached its midpoint. Here are some of the themes we’re seeing.

Virginia may have a majority in favor of more renewable energy at the state level, but the localities where energy facilities are likely to be don’t always support that goal. That’s where the controversy comes in.