Credit: NPR As voters head to the polls in the June 20th primary, they’ll be casting ballots in new districts with new boundaries. As Michael Pope reports, those new districts will include people incarcerated somewhere else ..read more

The debt ceiling legislation is creating some unusual splits in Virginia’s Congressional delegation. Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government ..read more

Former Virginia Governor Bill Tuck Governor Glenn Youngkin is sending National Guard troops to the southern border in Texas next month, a move that critics say is politically motivated. Michael Pope tells us about a previous governor who used his powers as the commander-in-chief in a way that still invites controversy.  ..read more

New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a puzzling trend in Virginia’s economy. Michael Pope reports ..read more

Credit: NPR Members of Congress may be closer to resolving the conflict over the debt ceiling. But, as Michael Pope tells us, members of the Virginia General Assembly are still at a standstill with their budget amendments ..read more

Warren Bickel is the director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke (Credit: Virginia Tech photo) Think of something you’re looking forward to, say, in the next week. Or maybe some vacation plans later this summer. New research is finding that the ability to think of events in the future may hold a key to helping people who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction. Roxy Todd explains ..read more

As streaming television services have gained acceptance and grown in popularity, smaller communication companies have fallen victim to the economics of providing cable TV to their customers.  Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s Full Disclosure, and Craig Wright talk about the rapidly changing business of home entertainment.  ..read more

A recent Supreme Court decision might have environmental impacts in Virginia for years to come. Michael Pope reports ..read more

Virginia’s 2023 election cycle is picking up steam, but the Commonwealth’s place in the 2024 election is also getting a lot of early attention. Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope have more on the week in politics and state government ..read more

Northern Virginia is the global hub of data centers. But Michael Pope tells us that notoriety is causing friction in some communities.  ..read more