A range of shifting perspectives — across the state and the country — will affect how legal sales are established in the Commonwealth.

Many people in Danville have never heard of Freedmens' Cemetery, where more than 1,500 Black residents are buried. But after decades of neglect, Freedmens' will be restored and maintained in the same way as two adjacent cemeteries that were historically unavailable to Black families.Cardinal News reporter Grace Mamon is covering this story and she spoke with Fred Echols.

Governor Abigail Spanberger said state resources were prepositioned and ready for the approaching storm.

How much will the Democrats’ affordability agenda cost? That's a question members of the House and Senate will be asking themselves during the legislative session this year as they balance the books for the fiscal year.

Two Roanoke institutions will pay tribute next month to a pioneering filmmaker who for three years operated out of the historic Gainsboro neighborhood, and who left a lasting mark on movies.

In 2008, Democrat Tom Perriello surprised Virginia’s fifth congressional district with his victory in a largely Republican area. He ran a strong and creative campaign, advertising, for example, on Christian Radio – quoting scripture, and he probably got a bump from Black voters who turned out in big numbers to cast a ballot for Barack Obama. Now, Perriello is back – hoping to unseat Congressman John McGuire. The news prompted three other candidates to drop out of the race – but three remain.

It's all the buzz in Richmond — a bill introduced by state Republican Senator Mark Peake of Lynchburg would designate the brown-belted bumble bee as the official native state pollinator.

The new governor and the General Assembly are wrapping up their first full week by preparing for this weekend’s storm. Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Legislation to be considered this session include bills cracking down on ghost guns, enhancing background checks and keeping guns out of the hands of people convicted of domestic violence.

“Their goal, their intent in this emergency is to get people who need to get to a hospital to a hospital, to get people who are stranded on the road backs to someplace safe,” the governor said.