A recent report by Radio IQ suggests Virginia lawmakers are once again inching toward a legal recreational marijuana market, this time through the state budget process. Following Governor Abigail Spanberger's veto, Senate Democrats have threatened to fold retail...
Dispatch number two: The State of Science in 2025 Join us for Salon de Résistance on September 25 at Black Iris for a conversation about science in America. Scientific progress shouldn't be optional. From vaccines and clean energy to space exploration and evolutionary discoveries that map our common ancestry, science is the backbone of our public...
When Virginia lawmakers convened at the Capitol last week to hear testimony on how to roll out a retail cannabis market, the room was filled with charts, tax models, and plenty of projections about how much money legalization might generate. Depending on the structure, Virginia could see anywhere from tens of millions to hundreds of millions in...
The Parham Papers, is the work of private investigator-turned-journalist Christa Motley. Since 2022, she’s been documenting how the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR), the state’s accrediting body for sober living programs, operated in the shadows, controlling huge sums of taxpayer money with little oversight and plenty of...
As reported by Brandon Jarvis (Virginia Scope) and Brad Kutner (Radio IQ), ICE agents have detained multiple individuals inside the Chesterfield County Courthouse over the past several days. According to Virginia Scope, six people were detained on Friday, another six on Monday, and agents were seen in the courthouse again on Tuesday. The...
If there was a moment that changed the race for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, it would definitely be when Senator Ghazala Hashmi delivered a speech in the bed of a pickup truck outside of a protest against Governor Glenn Youngkin in Church Hill. Hashmi did not shy away from progressive politics. She built a coalition of...
Richmond voters head to the polls Tuesday for a primary election that could reshape city leadership and help decide the future of the Democratic ticket in Virginia. While the offices up for grabs may not always grab headlines, the low turnout expected in these off-year races means every vote carries real weight. Two Key Local Races on the Ballot...
One Richmond-area student’s fight reveals how Virginia’s 2020 reforms often died on arrival. When Lyn Jones transferred to Matoaca High School, just south of Richmond, she noticed something odd. Every girls’ restroom was outfitted with a metal dispenser—mounted to the wall, labeled clearly, promising free menstrual products. But every one of them...
“There’s a real question about whether our 250th anniversary as a country will be a celebration… or a wake.” Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan spoke straight, framing this moment in American history in two ways: A reckoning with our nation’s founding ideals of liberty and equality and a warning that the current political climate is...
What a difference a week makes! On Tuesday morning April 22, Youngkin aide Matthew Moran wrote on X, the everything app, about the Virginia Republican Party fielding the most diverse ticket in their history. Moran was referring to Winsome Sears, Jason Miyares, and John Reid being named the party nominees. Sears is a Jamaican-born...
