The Education Department is blaming Congress for a loan forgiveness program that rejects the vast majority of applicants.

Since 2012, 40 percent of a teacher’s evaluation is based on student test performance, a metric that was put into place so the state would have access to certain federal funding streams.

This comes a month after Richmond City Council adopted a nonbinding resolution banning the practice in the city.

Algae blooms are usually common in July and August, not fall.

Virginia is closer to passing redistricting reform than ever. But anti-gerrymandering advocate Brian Cannon says both Democrats and Republicans are whispering that the idea is doomed if their opponents get power.

The emerald ash borer looks like nothing so much as an Elvis impersonator in insect form.

The stark black-and-white sign stands out, even amid the campaign cavalcade of color that, along with the changing leaves, marks October in Virginia.

Lawmakers are considering a tax for vape products in Virginia.

VCU Health, the major Richmond medical system that includes the state’s largest teaching hospital, said it will no longer file lawsuits against its patients.

Many maple syrup producers in Virginia are seeing once-regular seasonal patterns become uneven or change entirely.