State News

By: Charlotte Rene Woods | Virginia Mercury Sen. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, D-Alexandria, had an “ah-ha” moment when her daughter, now three,...

By: Shannon Heckt  | Virginia Mercury In a fallow field off the Virginia Capital Trail in Henrico County Tuesday morning,...

After years of lawmakers’ efforts, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed into law a program that will allow workers up to 12...

The costs — reflecting the desperately high stakes for partisan control of Congress in November’s federal midterm elections — are...

In Virginia, one of the new laws requires correctional facilities to adopt lactation policies for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated people...

Appeal asks nation’s highest court to revive the redistricting amendment struck down by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Virginia Democrats...

As summer travel season is a factor in disease spread, state and federal government leaders offer guidance and resources. As...

By: Shannon Heckt –Virginia Mercury The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows the entirety of Virginia is experiencing some level...

National estimates show 80,000 Virginians could see reductions to their WIC fruit and vegetable benefits under a proposed federal spending...

Given the dire economic situation facing small farms in Virginia today, “cattle-voltaics” could offer a lifeline for rural communities, columnist...