The Virginia Department of Corrections recently launched a tip line where people could call to report suspected delivery or sale of contraband behind bars. In making the announcement, Department Director Chad Dotson said the safety of employees and inmates was his top priority.But advocates say there’s another drug problem in prisons— a failure to provide prescription drugs inmates need.

Lawmakers began meeting in Richmond this week to craft a new budget proposal after Governor Glenn Youngkin made major changes to the original spending plan with 233 amendments and vetoes.

Student protests and resulting arrests have upended life at some of Virginia’s universities in recent days. And the state’s political leadership has thoughts.

Six of the 13 people arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at Virginia Commonwealth University are students.

Campus and state police cleared protesters from an area outside Virginia Commonwealth University's library in downtown Richmond.

Clean up your act or shut down. That's the message from the Environmental Protection Agency to power plants that use fossil fuels.

Virginia Tech Police say that they arrested 82 people late Sunday night and early Monday when they broke up a days-long protest on campus, and were charged with trespassing. 53 are current Virginia Tech students.

The EPA now requires water treatment plants to test for a group of contaminants known as "forever chemicals." Used in products like non-stick coatings and rain wear, these substances are water, grease and stain resistant, but they’re also hazardous to human health – linked to liver damage, cancer and birth defects. Getting them out of our water will be the next great challenge. A lab here in Virginia is working on technology to achieve that goal.

The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s state employee health plan and the coverage of gender-affirming surgery by West Virginia Medicaid.

Virginia Tech police say they arrested 91 people Sunday night.