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In 2020, Virginia became the first southern state to lay out a legal mandate for a carbon-free electrical grid.

That’s why it was a surprise to many when Dominion Energy announced plans to build a NEW natural gas plant in Chesterfield County.

As Mallory Noe-Payne reports it could be the first of several so-called peaker plants around the state. 

Well-known Virginia artist P. Buckley Moss died Saturday at the age of 91.

David Seidel has more about her career.

November election issues top the political headlines in Virginia this week.

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

Did you know there’s a type of bamboo that’s native to the United States?

It’s called rivercane, and it once grew near most rivers and streams. But then, it was nearly wiped out.

As Roxy Todd reports, a group made up mostly of volunteers is working to restore the plant in Southwest Virginia.

Senate Democrats in Richmond once again failed to pass a bill to fix issues with a state veterans education benefit program Monday.

It was the second Senate session held to address the issue and dragged into the evening.

Brad Kutner explains what went wrong.

As Glenn Youngkin prepares to campaign with Donald Trump, there’s a big change underway in the governor’s office.

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

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.