Primaries top the list of political topics in the news over the last few days.Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

You may have heard the buzz in the media that 13-year cicadas will begin emerging across the South this week, until mid-June. But only a handful of Virginia counties are likely to see them.

While the spirit of the lab school program is supported by many, the funding—directly from the state and given to public and private colleges— has been a source of budget fights.

For some people, retirement means a chance to travel the world, while others prefer to stay home and play pickleball or golf. For Robert Hale, however, it’s been a very different experience. He crisscrosses the Commonwealth each week, sometimes driving more than a thousand miles to visit and counsel incarcerated people.

Charlottesville will start its celebration of wine week Friday with a variety of events planned. About 20% of Virginia’s wine is produced in and around the city where Thomas Jefferson dreamed of launching an industry. And that dream appears to be coming true.

This summer, a new law will go into effect, and it may mean you pay a higher electric bill — money that will go toward development of nuclear power.

Experts have raised alarms about the potential of artificial intelligence to cause problems for humanity, but in the field of medicine it’s already making a positive difference. At the University of Virginia, for example, computer scientists are experimenting with a way to help caregivers do a difficult and frustrating job – caring for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.

Glenn Youngkin is a former private equity executive who, like other governors, has made business recruitment a vocal priority.

When Foxfield hosts its celebrated steeplechase in Charlottesville this month, a new race is planned. It’s named for a legendary horse, offers a prize of $50,000 and will honor the animal’s owner who turns 94 this year.

Levar Stoney said it was not an easy decision. There was a path to victory in the gubernatorial race, but he said it was narrow and he believed running for lieutenant governor was the right path for him, his family, the Democratic party and Virginia’s future.