Category: Virginia Mercury

Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sat down with Virginia agricultural and forestry producers Monday to hear how the escalating trade dispute could affect an industry already

• “Voters will decide whether to enshrine marriage equality in Virginia.” — VPM • “‘Mitigating the harm’: Virginia prepares for sweeping Medicaid changes.” — WTOP • “Veterans with vision loss find new ‘eyes’ through AI glasses.” — Cardinal News • “Cost to fix deteriorating landfill falls on Virginia taxpayers.” —

WASHINGTON — With just over two months until the November midterms, a federal district judge in Massachusetts is chastising the Trump administration for sowing confusion and “creating” an emergency by noticing a rule Friday that the U.S. Postal Service will eventually require federally regulated mail-in ballot voting envelopes and state

• “What Virginia’s assault weapons ban pause means for gun owners and retailers.” — WSET • “Virginia SUN Bucks food program has an approaching deadline for families.” — WRIC • “Virginia Black Expo draws thousands to Main Street Station: ‘A rising tide raises all ships.’” — WTVR • “Virginia Beach

Three years in a row of losing in the legislature might persuade some people to give up trying to get what they want. For members of the group Quiet Clean Virginia, their losing record simply challenged them to seek another path to victory.  Quiet Clean Virginia and its affiliate groups

By Yiqing Wang/WHRO Federal prosecutors said this week they have reached a tentative deferred prosecution agreement with Chesapeake Regional Medical Center for charges related to disgraced former OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz. The deal would require the hospital to admit certain facts, accept an independent monitor, repay health care programs and create a $12.8

As schools reopen across Virginia, just under 10% will operate without a nurse, leaving critical gaps in student healthcare, advocates say. School nurses are responsible for managing complex student medical conditions and helping to reduce absenteeism. Most school divisions in the commonwealth employ nurses, but current laws permit, rather than

The initial public comment period for an unprecedented proposal to mine minerals from the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia’s Eastern Shore ends on Saturday, Aug. 22. Over 1,300 comments have been filed, the vast majority opposing offshore mineral leases.  But thanks to the arcane U.S. regulatory approval process, the door to

• “Congressional Democrats launch probe into ICE enforcement in Northern Virginia.” — WTOP News • “Virginia hospitals keep closing labor-and-delivery units, stranding rural mothers.” — WSLS • “Texas has now surpassed Virginia for data center construction.” — KXAN • “Even with upcoming raises, Virginia teacher salaries still lag the national

After the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality released a 117-page report indicating that available groundwater east of Interstate-95 is “declining (in) availability in the near future,” the agency pitched recommendations on how to tackle the issue to lawmakers Thursday in Richmond.  The report detailed the groundwater needs for the Eastern