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Virginia’s foster care system has needed reform for decades. Will a new effort last long enough to really make a difference?

Katie O'Connor - January 16, 2019

Some school districts may struggle to find local match for proposed teacher pay raise

‘At least light blue:’ Virginia’s new Democratic delegation is a sign of a changing state, observers say, but will the trend outlast Trump?

Dominion's power station in Chesterfield in Sept 2017.

How the conversation on coal ash has changed

COMMENTARY Robert Zullo - January 15, 2019

Reporters-turned-delegates push for Virginia’s first shield law to protect journalists

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 Mechelle Hankerson - January 14, 2019

Surprise bi-partisan vote sends bill to raise minimum wage to full Senate

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 Ned Oliver - January 14, 2019

Waiting for help: Developmental disability advocates push for funding to meet an ever-growing need

CHILDREN + FAMILIES Katie O'Connor - January 14, 2019

Virginia prison officials say they eliminated solitary confinement. Inmates say they just gave it a new name. ‘It’s all very Hannibal Lecter-ish’

CRIMINAL JUSTICE + POLICING Ned Oliver - January 14, 2019

The Medicaid work requirement: A ‘blunt instrument of a bad idea’

COMMENTARY Brian Chiglinsky - January 14, 2019

A glass of 20-year-old Pappy sells for $260 a glass at McCormack's Whisky Grill.

Instead of getting rid of Virginia’s liquor ratio rule, senators have plans to change it

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 Mechelle Hankerson - January 11, 2019

Medicaid will cost Virginia half a billion dollars more than expected over the next two years. How should the state fix its forecasting?

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS Katie O'Connor - January 11, 2019

THE BULLETIN | News to know

Study: Allowing immigrants to pay in-state tuition is cost-effective for Virginia

EDUCATION Staff Report - January 16, 2019

Virginia SNAP recipients to receive February benefits early due to government shutdown

CHILDREN + FAMILIES Katie O'Connor - January 15, 2019

Virginia Senate approves ERA, but it might not even get a hearing in the House

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 Ned Oliver - January 15, 2019

How to watch the General Assembly from anywhere

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 Capital News Service - January 15, 2019