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Chesapeake is working on changes to law that has made the city a national punch line.  And shrinking profits are making it hard for many cities to keep their recycling programs alive. Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link.  More now […]

Supporters of the ERA say the effort to get the General Assembly to pass the constitutional amendment are down but not out. Michael Pope explains.

Virginia lawmakers are expressing profound regret for lynching, the brutal murders of black men and women by white mobs in the decades after the Civil War. As Mallory Noe-Payne reports, a joint resolution passed by the General Assembly comes amidst a messy and public debate about racism in Virginia.

The blackface scandals have caused lawmakers to approach a number of policy issues in new ways. As Michael Pope tells us, that includes the budget.

During his campaign for governor, Ralph Northam appeared in a TV ad, holding an African-American baby. The message was that Doctor Northam – a pediatric neurologist – cares deeply for kids, regardless of race. That made the picture in his medical school yearbook doubly shocking. But a fellow doctor told Radio IQ’s Sandy Hausman that […]

Should Virginia join a regional effort to cut back on carbon emissions? Party affiliation likely shows where your lawmakers stands on this issue. Michael Pope reports.

In the wake of the blackface scandal, Governor Ralph Northam is asking Cabinet members to come up with ways to address inequality. Michael Pope has the latest.

It took decades for a racist photo on Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page to come to light. Now one group wants to find out what else could be lurking out there, and they’re relying on a particular group of people to do the research. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.  

School divisions across Virginia may be on the verge of starting classes before Labor Day, or least having that option. Michael Pope reports.

Some lawmakers are concerned that the student loan industry has spiraled out of control, and they’re hoping to make state regulators crack down. Michael Pope reports.