Madeleine Bolton’s modern-day work gives us an idea of what Virginia was like 250 years ago.

Virginia prisons launch more people into the workforce every year than any single state college or university. That’s according to the Virginia Consensus for Higher Education in Prison.

Senator Louise Lucas refused to hear a House bill Monday and instead pitched her own fix: one that rolled back much of the changes, and included millions of dollars in funding over the next two years.

In 2016 the University of Virginia sent two swimmers to the Olympic games in Brazil. There were four of them competing in Tokyo, and now six former, current and future members of the Cavaliers swim team are heading for Paris.

Schools are permitted to regulate firearms in residence halls, but not in common areas, including lounges, dining areas and study areas. The law also prohibits people from taking guns into areas with a capacity of more than 1,000 spectators — stadiums for football games, for example — or to on-campus daycare centers.

With the Fourth of July approaching, so is the season for fireworks. But fireworks can be triggering for people with post-traumatic stress disorder. A researcher offers suggestions for ways we can help.

Americans will observe the Fourth of July on Wednesday, but at Thomas Jefferson’s vacation home near Lynchburg staff is already celebrating.

Democrats who run the House of Delegates are at odds with Democrats who run the state Senate over how to finance a program that offers education benefits to families of veterans.

Katsiaryna Shmatsina, who goes by Kate, is a lawyer and political analyst from Belarus working toward a doctorate at Virginia Tech.She's being tried in absentia in her homeland, accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The charges stem from policy papers critical of the government that she wrote in Belarus.Fred Echols talked with Dwayne Yancey who has written about her situation for Cardinal News.

The House of Delegates is moving forward with a funding model that's more generous to vets and their families.