The new year brings new activity at the state capitol.

Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the first days of the 2024 General Assembly session.

Governor Glenn Youngkin delivered his State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday afternoon.

The annual speech highlighted the Republican governor’s hopes for the 2024 legislative session largely run by Drmocrats.

Brad Kutner and Michael Pope have more on the speech and reaction from legislators.

There are some 8.7 million people in Virginia.  Each one has a story—about their life, their heroes, their hometown.

Each month in 2024, we’ll meet one of these Virginians and hear their story.

Christine Kueter introduces us to a barber from Lynchburg.

Nobody wants to get a ticket for speeding, let alone one that comes from a speed camera.

But one Virginia legislator says some cities are out of options because of shrinking police departments and increasing pedestrian fatalities.

Brad Kutner has more. 

The General Assembly is about to kick into high gear for the 2024 session.  And there’s a continuing legal effort to keep Donald Trump off Virginia’s ballot.

Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

A new year means a change in the way Virginia oversees its Medical Cannabis program.

It’s now the sole responsibility of a single stage agency, rather than one with a number of duties.

Jeff Bossert reports:

This week, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe marked a historic first for Virginia.

It became the first of the state’s seven federally-recognized Tribes to form a justice system, as Pamela D’Angelo reports.