Federal government cleaning up old landfill in Loudoun County
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency logo. (Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) Work is underway to clean up a chemical present in an old landfill in Northern Virginia that can lead to a…
Idaho deserves better public education
Without a commitment to quality public education, Idaho cannot advance as quickly or as well as the state would like, writes guest columnist Rebecca Tallent. (Getty Images) There is one…
Housing boom in most of the US could ease shortage, but cost is still a problem
Construction workers build a new home in 2021 in Houston. Almost 5 million new housing units, mostly single-family homes, have been added nationwide since 2020, according to new data. Texas…
Advocates press U.S. House to act soon on compensation for nuclear testing victims
New Mexico Democrats Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, at the lectern, and Sen. Ben Ray Luján, and Guam’s Republican House delegate, James Moylan, along with advocates, on May 16, 2024, urged…
Four West Virginia Senate incumbents lose seats during Republican primaryÂ
Republican state Sens. Craig Blair, Mike Maroney, Robert Karnes and Chandler Swope all lost their primary races on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (West Virginia Legislative Photography) West Virginia Senate President…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
Stockard on the Stump: Lee stays on Trump bandwagon despite legal battles
Former President Donald Trump dances during his speech June 17, 2022 at the Faith and Freedom “Road to Majority” conference at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Convention Center. (Photo: John Partipilo) Big-name…
As states loosen childhood vaccine requirements, health experts’ worries grow
A child in Nashville gets a COVID-19 shot. (Photo: John Partipilo) Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy Edmonston believes no one ought to be required to vaccinate their children. So, she…
FOIA Friday: Possible pipeline flaws, Richmond mass shooting plot investigation
File cabinets. (Getty) One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the…
On the one-year anniversary of NC’s 12-week abortion ban, women ready for November
Janice Robinson, North Carolina Director at Red Wine & Blue, shares her personal story of abortion. (Photo: Clayton Henkel) It is rare that women who have had an abortion are…