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The deadline for new candidates running in primaries for the General Election was this week. Michael Pope has this preview of the upcoming election cycle.

Hundreds of educators from across the state are in Richmond this weekend, considering their next steps in pushing for more state funding. It comes at a time when new numbers show Virginia teachers are paid almost $10,000 below the national average. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.

The National Funeral Directors Association reports a typical viewing and burial can cost more than seven-thousand dollars on average, and that doesn’t count the price of a spot in the cemetery. That’s one factor feeding a growing trend toward cremation and natural burials. Sandy Hausman stopped by Virginia’s first green cemetery and filed this report.

The governor and state transportation officials are making a second run at funding improvements on Interstate 81. David Seidel explains how.

  After a conviction in state court earlier this year, James Fields has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with the death of Heather Heyer and the injury of 28 others after a racist rally in Charlottesville. As Sandy Hausman reports, the U.S. Attorney and Heyer’s mother are both satisfied that Fields will spend […]

More than 620,000 Virginians have lost their driver’s license, because they couldn’t afford to pay court fines or fees that had nothing to do with driving. Tuesday, Governor Northam announced a plan to restore driving privileges as Sandy Hausman reports.

It’s a legislative success story. Reporting from the New York Times brought attention to Virginia’s eviction crisis, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers responded. In just a single year, the General Assembly passed a suite of legislation to bring clarity to the eviction process and give renters a second chance. Mallory Noe-Payne has details.

Drivers in Virginia may soon be subject to a strict new law preventing them from holding their cell phones. Michael Pope reports.

A recent report indicates many of Virginia’s children live in poverty – a major concern for the long-term health of the Commonwealth. Michael Pope reports.

Two Virginia counties now know exactly where one of them ends and the other begins, something that hasn’t been clear for almost 200 years. And elementary school students in another county are getting a chance to make better use of their time on the bus. Those have been among the most read stories over the […]