Virginia Democrats Enter Session With Big Agenda, Four Amendments, and Budget Uncertainty
Democrats begin first trifecta since 2021 as bills on cannabis, taxes, schools, guns and elections are expected to move quickly.
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Trump Moves to Block Wall Street From Buying Houses
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday a sweeping new housing policy that would ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, a move the administration says is designed to protect families and first-time buyers from being pushed out by...
Fraud Scandal in Minnesota Raises Alarms from Local Courtrooms to the National Stage
A sprawling series of schemes in Minnesota allegedly siphoning hundreds of millions to potentially billions of taxpayer dollars from federally funded programs has been uncovered. A now-defunct nonprofit Feeding Our Future, has been involved in what prosecutors have...
Historic Decline in U.S. Murder Rates Marks Major Public Safety Shift in 2025
The United States is on track to record an unprecedented decline in murder rates for 2025, with data suggesting killings may be down by nearly 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024. According to the Real-Time Crime Index, homicides dropped from 7,369 in...
Economic Indicators Point to Strength as U.S. Enters Its 250th Year
With 2025 in the rearview mirror, several key economic indicators suggest that the United States is entering its 250th year on a strong note, with indices such as the stock market, inflation, and unemployment rates projecting economic strength despite grim forecasts...
Local News
Arlington County Board Looks To Impose Rent Increase Limit in 2026
Last week, Arlington County board members added a provision to their 2026 General Assembly priorities package on legislation that would give localities the power to limit annual increases in apartment rents. As of February, data show that rents climbed more than 12 %...
A Piece Of Virginia’s Past Comes Home For Its Next Chapter
Streetcar 390, a relic of Virginia’s early transportation era, has found its way back home to Hampton after a remarkable journey spanning nearly eight decades. The streetcar was retired from service in 1946 and purchased by John Anderson of York County, who saw it as...
Virginia Middle School’s Cursive Club Revives a Lost Art
At Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, Virginia, English teacher Sherisse Kenerson is helping students rediscover a nearly forgotten skill: cursive writing. Each week, about a dozen students gather after school for Kenerson’s Cursive Club, where she teaches everything...
State News
Virginia Democrats Enter Session With Big Agenda, Four Amendments, and Budget Uncertainty
When the Virginia General Assembly gavels in Wednesday, Democrats will do so from a position they haven’t held in years: full control of state government. After Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s November win, Democrats now control the governorship, House of Delegates,...
Robots Are Filling Prescriptions for Richmond Pharmacies as Virginia Approves New Rules
Richmond-area pharmacy customers may be surprised to learn that some prescriptions picked up at neighborhood drugstores were never filled on-site. Instead, medications may have been counted, sealed, and packaged by robotic systems operating hundreds of miles away...
Spanberger Taps Biden Labor Enforcer for Key Virginia Cabinet Role
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger announced Monday that she has selected Jessica Looman to serve as Virginia’s next secretary of labor, a move that underscores the incoming administration’s emphasis on aggressive worker regulation and union-aligned labor policy. Looman...
National News
Trump Moves to Block Wall Street From Buying Houses
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday a sweeping new housing policy that would ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, a move the administration says is designed to protect families and first-time buyers from being pushed out by...
Fraud Scandal in Minnesota Raises Alarms from Local Courtrooms to the National Stage
A sprawling series of schemes in Minnesota allegedly siphoning hundreds of millions to potentially billions of taxpayer dollars from federally funded programs has been uncovered. A now-defunct nonprofit Feeding Our Future, has been involved in what prosecutors have...
Historic Decline in U.S. Murder Rates Marks Major Public Safety Shift in 2025
The United States is on track to record an unprecedented decline in murder rates for 2025, with data suggesting killings may be down by nearly 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024. According to the Real-Time Crime Index, homicides dropped from 7,369 in...