In spite of the horrific attack on a Hanukkah party in Australia, dozens of people turned out for a celebration in Charlottesville Wednesday night.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin downplayed economic concerns. Instead, he decried the “doom and gloom” he said was coming from people pushing for Virginia to fail in the wake of President Trump’s election.

Nine Republican-led states, including Virginia, have exited the consortium, which was founded in 2012.

In September there were more than 58,000 people in U.S. immigration detention centers, up by more than 20,000 from the same time last year. About 90% of those facilities are run by private, for-profit companies. They’re not subject to state requirements or inspections.Sandy Hausman spoke with one person held at the facility in Farmville, in Central Virginia.

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled Tuesday afternoon.

Last month, a 40-year-old corrections officer at the River North Correctional Center was killed, allegedly by an inmate. The union representing corrections officers blamed understaffing at the prison. Weeks earlier, Sandy Hausman spoke with a person incarcerated there. His concerns also shed light on policies and tensions at River North.

Virginia’s Department of Education recently rolled out a new school accountability system. A state watchdog agency is already suggesting improvements

Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.

A recent study found there is virtually nowhere in Virginia where you won’t find some traces of PFAS in the water, even in rural wells.

Rising power bills are causing increasing anxiety across Virginia, although opinions are divided about the reason for the increase and potential solutions.