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01/11/2025

A news release from the city said customers should be aware that water coming out of faucets may temporarily be cloudy due to trapped air bubbles as the system continues to normalize.

The Richmond, Hanover, and Henrico water systems all announced an end of boil water notices Saturday.

01/11/2025

The car tax continues to be a hot issue at the General Assembly, where lawmakers are considering a proposal from the governor that would provide some relief. But that legislative vehicle may be headed for partisan gridlock.

01/10/2025

They’re called Prescription Drug Affordability Boards, or PDABs. Eight states have them and Delegate Karrie Delaney, who has a child with diabetes, wants to see the same for Virginia.

President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is set to save 1.5 million Virginians on Medicare money on prescription drugs, but what about the other 7 million?

01/10/2025

Now that pressure has been restored, Hanover and Henrico counties and the City of Richmond all say they expect to remove a boil water notice sometime Saturday.

01/09/2025

While running water has returned to city customers and some in Henrico and Hanover counties, it still must be boiled before drinking or cooking.

While running water has returned to city customers, it still must be boiled before drinking or cooking.

01/09/2025

A state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter is scheduled for Thursday morning.
Radio IQ will broadcast NPR's special coverage of the service. Coverage begins at 9:30 am.

01/08/2025

Members of the Virginia General Assembly gaveled into session Wednesday. But it wasn't what anyone expected.

01/08/2025

Richmond's mayor says they're seeing continued progress in their effort to restore water service. Additional resources are coming in to provide drinking water to regional residents impacted by the outage.

Additional water deliveries are coming in to Richmond and Hanover County Wednesday.

01/08/2025

The water problems plaguing the Richmond area will force the General Assembly to delay most of its work until next week.

The 2025 legislative session was scheduled to begin Wednesday at Noon.

01/08/2025

Virginia Democrats preserved their Statehouse majority on Tuesday in the first test of voters’ energy since President-elect Donald Trump’s win in November, which left many party members across the country reckoning with their losses in federal elections.

State Senate Democrats had a narrow 20-18 majority, making the special elections key to the party’s efforts to preserve a majority in both chambers. In the House of Delegates, Democrats had a 50-49 lead.

01/07/2025

“The great thing is, the entire legislature is here this week to notice this,” Del. Mike Jones said, noting that aging water infrastructure across needs attention from the state.

Del. Michael Jones said such outages are a result of aging infrastructure not getting the support they need

01/07/2025

The city of Richmond has announced ten locations for bottled water distribution as a citywide boil advisory continues.

The city of Richmond has announced ten locations for bottled water distribution.

01/07/2025

Polls in three districts will be open from 6am to 7pm Tuesday.

Voters in some parts of Virginia will go to the polls Tuesday in three special elections for the General Assembly.The outcome will determine which party controls the House and the Senate.

01/06/2025

Republican leaders in Virginia’s Senate announced their priorities at a press conference Monday.
They hope to steer one of the governor’s signature proposals to success.

“This is substantial for some families because it will be $150 individually and $300 for individuals filing jointly,” Ren. Ryan McDougle said of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's car tax refund proposal.

01/06/2025

The entire city of Richmond is being told to boil drinking water and to not use tap water to wash dishes or brush teeth.

01/05/2025

Voting for the new baby pygmy hippo's name may be over. But you can still soak up the cuteness.

Move over Moo Deng, there’s a new viral baby pygmy hippo on the internet. This one's in Virginia.

01/05/2025

“We put a lot of pressure on mothers, in the U.S.,” researcher Sarah Misyak said. “So, there’s a lot of stigma and shame attached with not being able to get your kids certain types of food, or the best food that you can.”

The number of people who are food insecure tends to be higher among families with children. This can have negative impacts on physical as well as mental well-being.A Virginia Tech researcher has been working to learn more about the links between food insecurity among moms and mental health.

01/04/2025

Prosecutors wrote that this is believed to be “the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history."

Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a fi****ms charge last month.