The murder of Charlie Kirk shocked the nation and Virginia.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

About half of Virginia households were expected to qualify for Solar For All, which sought to reduce energy bills by making solar power more affordable.

“We are limited on what revenues we have and what revenues we can access, and I think we’ll exercise that caution at the appropriate time,” said Delegate Terry Austin.

Drug overdose-related deaths are decreasing across the state, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with a representative of the Central Shenandoah Health District about this trend and their overdose prevention services.

The Roanoke Valley moved a step closer toward landing a Google data center Wednesday, with a local board voting to support its water needs.

Incomes are rising and poverty is dropping while access to health care remains steady. That's according to the latest Census numbers.

Over the last 25 years the number of kids being locked up in juvenile detention centers nationwide has fallen by 70%, but Virginia continues to put teens behind bars at a higher rate than states with comparable youth populations. Studies suggest that’s a problem.

The odds of being hit by lightning in any given year are less than one in a million, but one expert says that number may be rising as climate change brings more thunderstorms to Virginia’s mountains, coastline and cities.

Andrew Clark with the Home Builders Association of Virginia pointed to two recent changes he said should help Virginia’s housing market, even if zoning reform comes later.

WMRA previously reported on a group of anti-Trump protesters who were issued citations and warnings for "non-travel" use of the I-81 overpass bridge in Woodstock. About a week later, another group of protesters assembled on a different overpass in Shenandoah County – and two of them were arrested. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.