Governor Abigail Spanberger had her primetime moment earlier this week. Michael Pope and Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro discuss that and the week that was in state government and politics.

Virginia’s last election put Democrats in control of the governor’s mansion and the General Assembly, so organized labor thought home healthcare workers and university employees might finally get the right to collective bargaining. Instead, both groups have been cut out of pending bills and are fighting to get back in.

This winter, storms created rock-hard, ice-encrusted snow, shutting schools, businesses and even government agencies. It also shut down watermen, normally out harvesting seafood.

Should Virginia ditch the influence of the Electoral College and sign on to a compact of states agreeing to cast all their electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote? That's the question now on the desk of Governor Abigail Spanberger.

The 30 days of Ramadan may have fallen during Virginia’s annual legislative session at some point in the body’s 400-year-old history, but not with this many Muslim elected officials in office.

A Virginia couple’s efforts to end a ban on interracial marriage nearly 60 years ago is becoming part of a series of US landmarks recognizing social justice efforts.

Harrisonburg researchers and community leaders preserving a historic boarding house have found a trove of documents and photographs that make up a rich archive of Black entrepreneurial life in the early to mid-20th century.

The fight over collective bargaining in Virginia is ongoing at the legislature, where competing efforts offer different protections.

Data centers continue to pop up across Virginia. And residents in search of information are finding these projects are shrouded in secrecy. Often, that's because of non-disclosure agreements.

Members of the Virginia General Assembly are debating ways to prevent gun violence.