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Virginia Military Institute has a new superintendent.

VMI’s Superintendent Search Committee conducted interviews this week and a new superintendent was announced late Friday.

Dave Cantor has more.

Virginia’s bottom line and the speeding-up race to November’s election are making headlines.

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

The Virginia Department of Corrections employs more than 11,000 people across the state in positions ranging from nurses to corrections officers.

Getting those positions filled is a challenge, as Dave Cantor reports.

Redistricting is back in the news, just a few years after Virginia completed the process.

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

Over the past weekend, the Rappahannock Indian Tribe gathered with the community of donors, volunteers, federal agencies, conservationists and local people who helped them obtain nearly a thousand acres of ancestral lands high above the river that shares their name.

Pamela D’Angelo reports.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s health system will no longer offer gender-affirming care for minors, according to a recent announcement from the school.

And while other Virginia health care providers may move to restrict care in the future, research shows controversial surgical procedures among trans youth are rare.

Brad Kutner has more.

A judge made his decision, but that doesn’t mean the state’s college leadership controversy is going away anytime soon.

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

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.