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 ...

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

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

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

Gov. Glenn Youngkin emerged from this fall’s campaign as one of Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters. But the incoming ...

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

Virginia’s surging energy demands, driven by data center growth, are putting pressure on the state’s natural gas ...