
Northam signs foster care legislation, announces launch of Virginia Fosters Campaign
Gov. Ralph Northam today ceremonially signed legislation to improve Virginia’s foster care system.

Gov. Ralph Northam today ceremonially signed legislation to improve Virginia’s foster care system.

Cook’s Corner Partners LLC will invest $2 million and create 20 new jobs to locate a new commissary kitchen and brewery in Middlesex County.

Clean water is important for health and safety, but aging infrastructure and uninformed maintenance strategies can hinder access to it. We remember the tragic situation in Flint, Michigan, where lead poisoned the water.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote today to Attorney General William Barr to request an update on the implementation of the Ashanti Alert Act.

Consider that if you kill a police dog, you could face a longer prison sentence than if you’d murdered someone or abused a child.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has announced his intention to step down from his post.

Researchers from Virginia Tech were part of a collaborative $958,415 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the host-microbiome-parasite interactions in the honey bee gut, with $750,000 coming to Virginia Tech.

The VCU College of Health Professions celebrated a monumental step Monday, cutting the ribbon on a 154,000-square-foot building that will provide a unified space for its faculty, staff, students and nationally ranked programs.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide financial relief to certain civilian federal employees who have to relocate for work.

Growing food indoors has been trending for several years, and some farmers are weighing the benefits of moving production indoors.
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