Lawmakers will return to the Capitol once again later this week.

And, as Michael Pope tells us, one issue they have yet to resolve involves skill games.

Virginia’s abortion laws haven’t changed in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections with the Dobbs decision.

But that doesn’t mean they’re not the focus of elected officials and activists.

Brad Kutner has more from Richmond.

A heat dome is setting up over Virginia, just a few days shy of a new law that aims to protect those who can’t pay their utility bills.

As Brad Kutner found out, those protections could make a difference in the months ahead. 

The FBI announced Thursday that it had solved a crime that shocked Virginians more than 28 years ago. 

DNA has now identified the killer of two young women who were camping in Shenandoah National Park. 

Sandy Hausman has that story.

Blockchain advocates argue the technology offers a unique and safe way to store data. 

And one Virginia company is hoping to see that technology used on farms across the state.

Brad Kutner has more. 

One of the big winners in last night’s primary was Republican Hung Cao, who will face incumbent Senator Tim Kaine in November.

Michael Pope talked to two analysts about the race ahead.

The Virginia Senate failed to reach a compromise to fix a veterans’ education benefit program at a special session in Richmond Tuesday.

There was also disagreement over two proposed skill games legalization bills. A Republican effort wasn’t even heard. And a Democratic effort, carried by Senator Louise Lucas, was removed from the docket at her request after Governor Glenn Youngkin said he wouldn’t sign a skill games bill until the veterans program was fixed.

Brad Kutner has more from the capitol.

Virginia voters are choosing the candidates who will run in the November election.

Joe Staniunas heard what’s on the minds of a few voters in western Virginia on this primary day.

Virginia has significantly loosened gambling laws in the last 5 years and with it has come a rise in problem gambling.

But some treatment programs are seeing success, as Brad Kutner reports. 

Virginia doesn’t have parole in a traditional sense, but it does offer post-release supervision. Changes in the state code have mixed up who has authority over those released when they violate the terms of that supervision. 

Some judges are worried the confusion could violate the constitution.

Brad Kutner had more from Richmond. 

On Monday, June 17, a new federal rule goes into effect that lowers how much silica dust is allowed in mines.

The change is expected to save thousands of lives.

As Roxy Todd reports, stone and gravel quarries may be the most impacted.

We’re just a few days away from Virginia’s primary election.

Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope run down some of the high-profile races.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the Mountain Valley Pipeline to begin running gas through its 303 mile pipeline.

Roxy Todd reports.

Virginia veterans gave elected officials and their gubernatorial counterparts an earful Monday.

It was part of the first public meeting of a task force designed to determine the fate of an education program for the families of injured vets.

Brad Kutner has more.

Social Determinants of Health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age. And a study, requested by the state’s Joint Commission on Health Care, into how Virginia can improve social determinants is about at its midpoint. Brad Kutner has an update. 

Abortion may end up being one important issue for voters this year.

But as Michael Pope reports, a new poll shows other issues are eclipsing it.

Two years ago, police and federal agents raided a dog-breeding facility west of Richmond, confiscating more than 4,400 animals – many in urgent need of veterinary care.

Sandy Hausman reports that Envigo pleaded guilty Monday to a violation of the Animal Welfare Act and will pay the largest fine in history for that offense.