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Wealthy people are taxed more in Virginia. But, people at the other end of the spectrum may be feeling more of the pinch. Michael Pope reports.

Federal anti-discrimination laws that protect workers often don’t apply to employees of small businesses. But a rarely used Virginia state law does. Now the ACLU of Virginia has taken up a case, in part, to show employees of small businesses that they also have protections. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.

Loudoun County has the world’s largest concentration of data centers. But what about Southwest Virginia? Michael Pope reports on one economic development effort to bring data centers to coal country.  

The national political discussion may be focused on the 2020 Presidential election… but first, here in Virginia, there’s 2019. In a month all 140 state lawmakers are up for election. Party control of the General Assembly is at stake. Mallory Noe-Payne has a look at one of the most important races of the year.

New wireless technology is being installed on utility poles across Virginia. It’s thanks to a new law that’s opened the floodgates for small-cell technology. Michael Pope reports.

When actress Angelina Jolie learned she was at high risk for breast cancer, she opted to have both breasts removed and reconstructed. Since then, many women who are not at high risk have — nevertheless – followed her lead. Now, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing hopes to reverse that […]

September is over. And for some parts of the state, including Danville and Bluefield, it was the driest September on record. Mallory Noe-Payne reports if the dry spell continues, it could mean a big hit to the bottom line for many farmers.

Car-title lenders and internet lenders have stepped up their campaign contributions in recent years. So far this election cycle the industry has given about $840,000 and more campaign cash may be on the way before Election Day. Michael Pope explains why.  

92% of public schools in Virginia are meeting the state’s education standards. That’s according to the Department of Education, which released the annual accreditation ratings Monday. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.

A statue presents a new kind of artistic comment about public memorials to the Confederacy. And one of the people who went to court to prevent a statue of Robert E. Lee from being removed from a Charlottesville park says a newspaper article defamed him. Those have been among the most read stories over the […]