Category: Virginia Mercury

The timing of the release of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s report on groundwater availability last month was suspicious, given that it was completed in January but not made available to lawmakers or the public until several months after the General Assembly’s legislative session. The science presented in the

• “Amending Virginia: Voters will decide reproductive rights’ future four years after Roe.” — VPM News • “Chiefs’ Eric Bieniemy returns to practice after wife’s shooting at their Virginia home.” — ABC News • “Virginia communities race to get 1% sales tax for school construction on the ballot.” — Cardinal

After authorities rescued 16 children last month who had been confined to a single room in a home in rural Ohio, attention turned to their mother, who had been 15 and pregnant when she married their father. The child endangerment case has recharged a national conversation around child marriage, which

As students prepare to return to class, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is asking Virginia’s college and university presidents and governing boards to review how they operate and make changes, with a specific focus on whether universities are delivering affordable, high-quality education while maintaining free speech, academic standards, and

WASHINGTON — Todd Blanche took the oath of office as U.S. attorney general at a brief ceremony in the Oval Office Monday, following the Senate’s narrow vote to approve his nomination as the nation’s top law enforcement official over the weekend.  Blanche, who served as acting attorney general and was

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. Senate adjourned for its summer recess early Saturday after approving a stopgap spending bill but declining to advance legislation that would require photo ID for voting.  In a rare overnight session that began on Friday, senators trudged through a slew of measures, confirmed President Donald Trump’s

If you live in or near the media markets serving Hampton Roads, the Peninsula up to the Northern Neck and Richmond and its suburbs, prepare for the most acrid, expensive and desperate congressional campaigns you’ve ever endured. Depending on how rancid the winds of current events blowing in from across

• “Virginia senators raise concerns as Todd Blanche confirmed as attorney general.” — WSET • “Former NextEra senior attorney, now head of SCC, to decide whether NextEra-Dominion merger proceeds.” — WRIC • “Data center politics shape Virginia scrutiny of NextEra-Dominion deal.” — E&E News by Politico • “Virginia deputy killed

Angel DeJesus spent much of his adolescence involved with Virginia’s Department of Juvenile Justice and a chunk of his adulthood in Virginia Department of Corrections facilities. He’s now a public speaker and youth mentor, after being pardoned by former Gov. Ralph Northam in January 2022.  When he learned that Gov.

Seven Virginia hemp businesses are asking a federal judge to block new restrictions on consumable hemp products, arguing the changes will wipe out much of their inventory, trigger layoffs and force some companies to close when they take effect on Aug. 15.  The lawsuit, filed July 31 in the U.S.