2+ week, 6+ day ago   (461+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia agencies are being told to make it easier for eligible residents to stay enrolled in Medicaid and food assistance as new federal requirements take effect. Executive Order 20, issued Tuesday, creates a “Keep Virginia Covered” policy for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (466+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As the City of Virginia Beach considers selling Virginia Beach National Golf Course, golfers say they want more answers before city leaders make a final decision. On Tuesday night, Dragas hosted a community meeting at the Virginia…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (640+ words) The Department of Justice, in a social media post Friday, threatened to sue Virginia over a bill on Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk that would ban the sale and production of assault weapons. The bill — SB 749/HB 217 — was passed by the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (93+ words) WDBJ7 ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - 2026 Virginia Teacher of the Year Matthew Neale and Niles Comer from Partnership for Community Wellness joined Here @ Home to talk about how the English teacher implements community wellness into the classroom. Subjects he deals with include vaping…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (137+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — The first turbine of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach is generating power for the grid that serves Dominion Energy customers. The turbine, which connected to the grid Monday, can generate 14.7 megawatts…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (373+ words) Attorney General Jay Jones is sworn in during Inauguration Day at the Virginia Capitol Building, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Mike Kropf /Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) Days after taking office, Attorney General Jay Jones (D) is reversing his predecessor’s position on the Trump administration’s…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (291+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia lawmaker has filed legislation that would dissolve the Board of Visitors at the Virginia Military Institute and transfer authority to the board that oversees Virginia State University. The bill from Del. Michael Feggans (D-Virginia Beach) filed…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (105+ words) Two judges in Virginia are rejecting Trump administration arguments that a White House loyalist can continue serving as a top federal prosecutor in the state, with one soliciting applications for a replacement and the other prohibiting Lindsey Halligan from continuing…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (467+ words) “This is an illegal war,” Sen. Tim Kaine said. “There is no legal justification in the Constitution, in the history of the Constitution, or an American law that would authorize the president to wage war to depose President Maduro and…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (274+ words) Virginia officials are weighing in after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit this week challenging the commonwealth's in-state tuition law. As previously reported by The Center Square, the Justice Department sued Virginia in U.S. District Court for the Eastern…...