Following the passage of a federal law earlier this year that calls for the owners of social media app TikTok to either sell ...

The Mercury's top 10 most-read stories this year reflect our readers' interests in a range of issues that affect them and ...

A recent immigration surge brought newcomers to every state this year, helping to offset a continued drop in U.S. births ...

The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions ...

If advocates are successful, Washington would join a dozen Democratic-leaning states and several cities that have added new ...

On the cusp of his last full year in office, Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping budget proposal that he ...

The unconstrained buildout of data centers has handed Virginia leaders a problem that is, in the parlance of JLARC, “very ...

From St. Nick to Santa to Kris Kringle, it’s a marvel that Rudolph isn’t completely confused about whom exactly he is working ...

Virginia lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce bipartisan legislation aimed at creating a regulated and taxed adult-use ...

Virginia could soon make history as the home of the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant, state officials and business ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney general in his second presidency, former Florida Congressman Matt ...

The U.S. Department of Education on Dec. 20 signaled it would withdraw a proposed rule that would have set a regulatory ...