There were some big reveals in Virginia’s political, climate and financial futures over the last few days.

Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Across Virginia, voters are participating in firehouse caucuses. Michael Pope tells us what they are, and why they can’t be used in every election.

VCU student and protest organizer Sereen Haddad speaks before the House Select Committee on Maintaining Campus Safety and First Amendment Expression (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

The pro-Palestinian protests broken up on Virginia’s college campuses last spring have led to multiple legislative meetings. And a meeting of a House of Delegates committee today/Wednesday added to that list. Brad Kutner has more from Richmond. 

A judge in Floyd County has ruled that Governor Glenn Youngkin’s effort to pull the state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – or RGGI – was unlawful. Roxy Todd reports.

Dozens of convenience store owners gathered at the Capitol in yellow shirts earlier this year in support of legalizing skill games. (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

The debate over skill games is moving from the committee room to the courtroom.  Michael Pope has the latest.

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (left) and Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears (right) are the likely major party candidates in next year’s gubernatorial contest.

The primary for governor is six months away, although Democrats and Republicans have already essentially selected their candidates. Michael Pope reports.

An image of the Green Bank Observatory Telescope, taken in summer 2021. (Jill Malusky/Green Bank Observatory)

In West Virginia’s most remote mountains are two research facilities that analyze radio waves.

Since the 1950s, the federal government has designated parts of Pocahontas and Pendleton Counties as a National Radio Quiet Zone, meaning radio, TV and other communication signals must operate at low power.

Now, ten West Virginia and Virginia counties are asking the government to change these restrictions, to ensure 9-1-1 calls get to emergency responders.

Roxy Todd reports.

Over the weekend, voters in Loudoun County selected candidates for a special election for the Senate seat vacated by Congressman-elect Suhas Subramanyam.

Michael Pope tells us this election will determine control of the Senate.

It’s been one year since Virginia’s Cannabis Control Authority took over regulating the state’s legal medical dispensaries.

Brad Kutner has details on what the state’s patients have to say about the program and what changes members of the authority might like to see. 

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Last week, voters elected a state senator from Loudoun to Congress. Now, as Michael Pope reports, the special election to fill that seat will determine control of the Virginia state Senate.

Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis speaks before the Virginia State Crime Commission at their November 2024 meeting. (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

Technology to photograph and read your car’s license plate isn’t new, but laws for how Virginia law enforcement agencies use that tech may be after the 2025 legislative session. Brad Kutner has more from Richmond.