The Public Utilities and Services Commission's first report is due Halloween 2024.

Republicans in the House of Delegates have elected Todd Gilbert as house minority leader after Tuesday’s election results gave Democrats control; Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger says she is running for governor in 2025 - instead of seeking reelection next year; Richmond City Councilor Mike Jones announced last week that he’s resigning at the end of December to represent Southside as a Virginia state delegate.

11/13/23 - The latest Virginia election updates; Two planned emergency housing shelters in Richmond could take a step forward at tonight's City Council meeting; Richmond installs four speed enforcement cameras at two schools on a trial basis; and other stories

After years of back and forth, a federal agency announced Wednesday that the FBI’s new headquarters will be built in Maryland, not Virginia; State Senator Jennifer Boysko announced thursday that she will run for U.S. Congress to represent Virginia’s 10th District; Mental health in the U-S has worsened since the pandemic, hitting children especially hard.

11/09/23 - Governor Glenn Youngkin discussed the remainder of his term at the Virginia capitol after Democrats regain statehouse control; The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that will determine whether the Department of Veterans Affairs owes a Virginia military veteran more education benefits; and other stories

If certified, Tuesday night's unofficial results means GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin will have to work with them for the remainder of his term.

Voters can get in line bright and early starting at 6 a.m. to cast their votes

The maternal mortality rate in Virginia more than doubled between 2018 and 2020.

Richmond’s efforts to increase housing availability in the city is getting a funding boost from a national nonprofit; More than five years after launching the Pulse, GRTC has a project in the works to introduce new, larger buses to the rapid-transit line; The Franklin Inn has changed hands for the second time in less than 10 years; and other local business stories.

Saturday is the last day of in-person early voting ahead of Tuesday’s general election; Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a new executive order this week following several student overdoses in Northern Virginia; The Chickahominy tribe is receiving a 25-thousand-dollar grant from the Comcast Corporation to improve internet connectivity.

11/02/23 - Criminal justice advocates and Democrats are doubling down on calls for a federal investigation into the removal of 3400 voters from Virginia’s rolls; Dominion preps grid for renewables, surging electric demaSuburban women in Virginia likely to decide control of General Assembly; and other stories.nd;

A group aiming to help elect Republicans is offering to collect voters’ ballots and drop them off at polling stations; A federal judge earlier this week denied a motion to suspend new state hemp regulations; Political experts say neither party has a clear lead heading into the General Assembly elections; and other local news stories.

10/31/23 - Runoff union election results are in for some Richmond workers; Virginia election officials add voters back to voter rolls who were mistakenly purged; Isley Brewing closes; and other stories

This summer, the advocacy group R-V-A Rapid Transit released a report outlining the state of public transit in Richmond and several recommendations for improving the service. The report noted that only 26 percent of bus stops in the city have a bench or shelter. The Greater Richmond Transit Company, GRTC, says it plans to at least double that number over the next few years. As part of the VPM News Healthy City series, Transportation reporter Ian Stewart caught up with some riders who talked about their experiences.

The sale of yet another piece of a South Richmond industrial complex has clocked in as the largest real estate deal in the city so far this year; A downtown tattoo shop is heading to the Brookland Park Boulevard corridor after closing one of the highest priced deals in the Northside neighborhood in recent years; The Fan is set to get a pair of new taquerias right across the street from each other; and a multibuilding project in Scott’s Addition approaches the finish line with particulars about one of its restaurant tenants being revealed.

The death toll in Gaza is over 7,000 people since Israel began retaliating for a Hamas attack on October 7th; A federal appeals court has denied a request from six Southwest Virginia property owners to halt the Mountain Valley Pipeline's construction; Richmond Public Schools will host its second annual “fall for all festival” at River City Middle School this weekend; and other local news stories.

VPM News first reported the purge of voters in late September.

VPM News’ Jahd Khalil reports on how it presents the GOP with difficulties in the upcoming elections.

Richmond’s twice-a-year Restaurant week has begun and runs through Sunday; Environmental advocacy group Oceana has issued a report on ship speeds in the Chesapeake Bay; A local developer is asking state regulators to allow Dominion Energy to run a new 5-mile overhead transmission line to a planned Henrico County data center.

Many of Richmond's historically Black neighborhoods have seen large increases in home values — and property tax bills.

Hanover residents recently attended a public hearing to discuss county road improvements in the Chickahominy District; The 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline’s budget and timeline have inflated again; n the 1970s, drivers got the Ok to make right turns at red lights to save fuel, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

10/19/23 - Former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn to forgo run for governor next year and run for Congress; A consultant who helped organize the January 6th, 2021 rally that preceded the attack on the US Capitol has also done extensive work for Governor Glenn Youngkin; Fall Line Trail breaks ground; and other stories

10/18/23 - Virginia NAACP sues the Youngkin administration over withholding records; What promises have been made about potential casino jobs?; The Bennu (BEH-new) asteroid is about a third of a mile wide and NASA says it’s on a – possible -- trajectory to earth within the next 200 years; and other stories.