The Trump administration’s cuts budget cuts are trickling down to communities in rural Virginia.

In Floyd, the June Bug Center provides afterschool and summer programs for rural kids. But it faces an uncertain future, as Mason Adams reports.

Members of the Chesapeake Bay Commission met Wednesday morning to learn more about managing agricultural land— and how to balance economic and environmental outcomes. 

Dave Cantor has more.

Senate Democrats scored a victory over Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s controversial appointments to boards that oversee some of Virginia’s flagship universities. Michael Pope reports.

An Eastern Shore multi-use trail project broke ground this spring. And a pair of proposals aim to create more outdoor recreational opportunities across Virginia.

Dave Cantor has more.

Senate Democrats are taking their fight against controversial higher-ed appointments to court.

Michael Pope was in a Fairfax County courtroom and has more on the arguments.

Change has been a theme in political news over the past few days.

Politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

The Republican campaign for governor is going through a shakeup this summer.

As Michael Pope tells us, the candidate has a new campaign manager.

Democratic leaders in Virginia’s legislature defended the state’s colleges Thursday morning from what they called attacks by the Trump administration.

The statements come ahead of a legal fight over Governor Glenn Youngkin’s appointments to Boards of Visitors at those same schools.

Brad Kutner has more. 

Trends come and go, and one that’s taken the world by storm has made its way to Virginia.

Labubus are designed loosely after mythical, Nordic monsters the Chinese-born creator embraced after moving to the Netherlands. But the unique sales method used to distribute as Labubus may be playing a part in their success.

Brad Kutner has more. 

Healthcare providers in Virginia are still trying to determine the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill, which he signed into law earlier this month.

Mason Adams has more on the perspective of the state’s free and charitable clinics.

Unemployment claims in Virginia continue to pace ahead of last year.

Michael Pope has the latest.

Trump administration policies are playing out on the other side of the Potomac and across Virginia.

Politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Mary Jane Burton worked on more than 7,000 cases for the state crime lab between 1973 and 1988. And while it wasn’t common practice at the time, she made sure to save D-N-A evidence that was later used to exonerate 13 incarcerated people.

But research by journalist Tessa Kramer suggests that Burton might have tampered with evidence. So, last year, the state began examining cases that made use of Burton’s work.

Dave Cantor has this update.

Changes to federal food assistance rules could have a dramatic influence here in Virginia.

Michael Pope explains why.

Just over a year ago, Virginia closed four prisons run by the state.

Part of President Donald Trump’s budget bill included billions in new funds for detaining those taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

And in some places, that’s meant reopening old facilities, as Brad Kutner reports.