Category: Virginia Mercury

Abortion is on the ballot this fall, with Virginia voters slated to select their next slate of congressional representatives after federal protections for the procedure ended in 2022.  Voters will also decide on Election Day whether a reproductive rights amendment should be cemented into the state’s constitution, reflecting the weight

Gov. Abigail Spanberger released the commonwealth’s latest energy plan on Thursday, marking the first long-range blueprint of her term for how Virginia can meet its growing energy demands and achieve the Virginia Clean Economy Act’s decarbonization and energy goals. As she announced the plan in Richmond Thursday morning, Spanberger said

Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take a dent out of residents’ utility bills.  These systems, known as

U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans is facing renewed scrutiny over her votes to roll back consumer financial oversight after receiving tens of thousands of dollars from political committees tied to the financial services industry, including a Republican group that has received substantial funding from payday and title lenders.  The Virginia Beach

• “Virginia’s first look at a cannabis retail market.” — The Virginian-Pilot • “Several Virginia races lack debates as Election Day nears.” — WSET • “Curious Commonwealth asks: Is high-speed rail possible in Virginia?” — VPM • “Judge vacates Virginia man’s murder conviction; he walks free after 25 years.” —

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. The Trump administration recently moved the funds into a U.S. Customs and

• “Two US navy aviators eject while landing on carrier off Virginia.” — The Guardian • “Medical professionals endorse a ‘yes’ vote on Virginia constitutional amendment question one.” — WVIR • “Avio USA breaks ground on $500M facility expected to create 1,500 Southside jobs.” — WSET • “Virginia targets nursing

By Jim Morrison/WHRO New Kent County has been the state’s poster child for speed camera citations, issuing more than 71,000 in work and school zones last year. At $100 per ticket, that adds up to more than $7.1 million for the county in just five months of a new work

For more than 35 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has surveyed American high school students every two years about their health and behavior. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, established in 1991, draws a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9 through 12 at public and

One of the proposed routes of the controversial Valley Link Transmission line, which will stretch 765 kilovolt lines 115-miles across Virginia from Lynchburg to Culpeper, has been altered by developers, as Dominion Energy, Transource and FirstEnergy narrow down which path they’d prefer to present to the State Corporation Commission. Dominion