Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. is breaking ground on a $3 billion expansion of its longtime Elkton manufacturing campus, a ...

The University of Virginia declined to accept an offer from President Donald Trump‘s administration to sign an agreement, ...

I implore the utility companies, elected officials and regulators to maintain electricity rates that every Virginian, regardless of their finances can afford,” said Hope Elliot, a Richmond community ...

A superintendent search firm that advised at least one school division in Virginia is now being sued in Iowa for allegedly failing to properly vet an undocumented immigrant before he was hired as the ...

In Part One of the Mercury’s Pulse Check series, we examine the challenges that were roiling the state health department even before this year’s federal cuts introduced new hurdles, and how officials ...

The Pulse Check series was reported and written by Charlotte Rene Woods, edited by Samantha Willis and produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’ s 2025 Impact Fund for ...

Bethany Letiecq is the President of the George Mason University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

Tim Gibson is the president of the Virginia Conference of the American Association of University Professors.

An FCPS teacher named Zaneida Perez alleged another staff member had helped students obtain abortions in 2021.

As the federal government shutdown stretches into its third week, Virginia’s U.S. senators are backing a bid to shield federal workers and contractors from the fallout. Last week, Sens. Mark Warner ...

Thousands of Virginians gathered at Capitol Square in Richmond for the No Kings protest against the Trump administration.

The Republican incumbent’s education record and the Democrat’s health care message collide in one of the most competitive House races of 2025.