Virginia government

A new Virginia law encourages farmers to mix solar generation with crops and cattle. A rural pilot program shows promise.

State officials are seeking public feedback about people’s priorities for energy in the years to come.

Kevin Shive is known as “Cat Daddy” at the Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control Facility, where volunteering has helped him recover from a brain injury. He’s also a member of Virginia’s Brain Injury Council.

The government’s new definition of “harm” does not include habitat destruction.

If conditions worsen, state officials said they could implement mandatory conservation measures.

The threatened species is quickly losing habitat as beaches erode around the Chesapeake Bay.

The law applies to food vendors, including grocery stores, food trucks, caterers and schools.

The state plans to divert some revenue from the carbon market to Virginia ratepayers.

Despite lawmakers’ effort to backfill funding in the new state budget, HIV care in Virginia will lose even more money after a settlement with an HIV drug company.

Getting accurate data has become the heart of the debate over managing the controversial fishery.