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Nonprofit newsroom claims state Department of Criminal Justice Services improperly withheld names, records of law enforcement officers.

Hampton Clerk of City Council Katherine Glass stumbled into local government. She’s been soothing angry citizens, organizing public meetings and counting votes for two decades.

Retired Rear Adm. Ann Phillips was among the first cohorts of women to serve on ships at sea. She said “as soon as somebody tells me no, then I'm like, ‘Hmm, oh yes, watch this.’”

The year-round job of keeping Virginia’s annual elections running like clockwork falls to local officials who work to stay above the political fray.

Navy vet and minority advocate Lindsay Church’s personal and public life merged when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

This fall, the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO Public Media will take you behind the scenes to meet the people who protect "we the people" with an audio series and photo gallery exhibit.

The Claville Report Looks at The State of the 2024 Presidential Election

Moore wrote the Book "White Robes and Broken Badges" which describes how he infiltrated the KKK

Heidi Lewis, Director of Portsmouth Public Schools Department of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction, and Tony Quaranta, who has mentored students with dyslexia are the in-studio guests.

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