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The dinosaur world is getting a new addition thanks to a Virginia Tech paleontologist. Michael Pope reports.

Party control of Virginia’s state house is up for grabs this November — and Republicans are hoping they can keep the majority. But as Mallory Noe-Payne reports, first some of them have to survive attacks from within their own party.

Crime is down across Virginia. Michael Pope reports that new data offers insights on where it’s happening.

This weekend, the American Civil War Museum opens in Richmond for the first time. The institution is six years in the making… the result of a merger between the American Civil War Center and the Museum of the Confederacy. As Mallory Noe-Payne reports, it’s a timely look at history that’s loomed large in recent years.

One of the first things Democrats did after taking control of the House of Representatives was to create a new Select Committee on Climate Crisis. As Michael Pope reports, the committee has Virginia congressmen on opposite sides of a debate over coal.

Democrats in Congress are pushing back against a Trump administration directive on racial disparities in student discipline. And, a Virginia congressman is leading the charge. Michael Pope reports.

Virginia is urbanizing at a faster rate than the rest of the country. Michael Pope is looking into the numbers.

Nearly a third of Virginia’s adult population has obesity. A new statewide plan is looking to address the issue. Mallory Noe-Payne has details.

A Southside Virginia native who has made it big in baseball is taking his favorite piece of his hometown with him. And Danville residents seem to have mixed feelings about the possibility of a casino coming to town. Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access […]

Is Virginia a place where individuals can move up the income scale based on merit and hard work? One new study challenges that idea. Michael Pope explains why.