Category: Virginia Mercury

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to resume traffic stops Wednesday, reversing a one-day pause on the policy after officers killed two immigrants who were in their vehicles in Texas and Maine. In a post to social media, Trump called the practice of federal immigration

One of two lawsuits challenging Virginia’s pending reproductive rights constitutional amendment was struck down Tuesday in Campbell County Circuit Court. Virginians are slated to approve or reject a measure to enshrine reproductive rights into the state’s constitutions this November. If approved, it would protect access to abortions, fertility treatments and

For nearly a quarter of a century, Virginia Republicans have been chasing a Capitol Hill victory they haven’t been able to recapture.  The last Republican from Virginia elected to the U.S. Senate was Sen. John Warner — no relation to the state’s current senior senator — when he won a

Consumer advocates have joined Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s administration to argue that high-load customers like data centers should pay for the high-voltage lines that solely serve them, a stance now playing out as part of Dominion Energy’s case with state regulators to determine how power line costs should impact customers’ utility

• “Virginia among states hit by cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to fresh produce.” — WTVR • “Spanberger: $7.3 million to be disbursed to rebuild housing damaged by Helene.”  — Cardinal News • “Virginia joins federal lawsuit against HUD over housing funds.” — WRIC • “Busch Gardens Williamsburg owes nearly $22M in

Even after being ousted as the Virginia Military Institute’s first Black superintendent last summer, retired Major General Cedric Wins said Monday at a higher education-focused conference in Washington D.C. that by helping to examine and improve governing boards for Virginia’s public colleges and universities on a state commission, he is

Consumers are unlikely to see any relief in gas and electric bills as utilities proposed more than $18 billion in rate hikes across the country over the first half of the year. The consumer advocacy group PowerLines reported that utilities asked regulators for a record $9.2 billion in cumulative rate

Everyone in Northern Virginia knows someone who was “DOGEd,” either laid off or otherwise impacted by sweeping cuts initiated through President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.  Virginia is home to nearly 200,000 federal workers; over 20,000 of them lost their jobs last year. The

The Virginia Department of Education says its unsuccessful and much-criticized pitch to push back the state’s new proficiency benchmarks for reading and math by two years was a result of legislative mandates, recommendations from the state’s official legislative watchdog and feedback from a statewide listening tour over a span of

• “Virginia’s governor weighs in on pivotal case about data center transmission costs.” — Inside Climate News • “Virginia marijuana market rumors ‘unequivocally false’, state reps say.” — Virginia Business • “Virginia’s first adult high school celebrates its first graduate.” — Cardinal News • “TSA traffic increased at Virginia airports