Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. is breaking ground on a $3 billion expansion of its longtime Elkton manufacturing campus, a project state and federal officials say will transform the Shenandoah ...

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 ...

The University of Virginia declined to accept an offer from President Donald Trump‘s administration to sign an agreement, granting federal funding and privileges in exchange for support of 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.

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 ...

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

Thursday’s attorney general debate will likely offer voters their clearest look yet at how both men defend their records — and how they define the office in a sharply divided Virginia.

Jones  emphasized his willingness to push back against President Donald Trump’s administration in court and accused Miyares of aligning with federal policies that constitute federal overreach. Miyares ...