One of the treasures found at the Library is the final journal of the House of Burgesses that covers its concluding years: 1773-1776. The journal records the clashes between the royal governor, Lord D...

The original copy of a 500-year old proclamation calling for the arrest of Niccolò Machiavelli has been discovered by a British historian.

Join Encyclopedia Virginia managing editor Patti Miller, traditional dance historian Phil Jamison, and McEver Dugan of RVA Square Dance to learn how square dancing came to Virginia, why dances like th...

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much.

Millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth. Nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts could devastate labor-and-delivery services in already struggling hospi...

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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