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VA Tech Neuroscientist Explores Ways to Reduce Seizures in Children

Humans have tens of thousands of genes, many of which produce proteins essential to basic bodily functions. The KCNT1 gene, for example, codes for a protein that maintains normal...

VA Tech receives $4.5 million grant to expand university pathways for students in Virginia

Virginia Tech has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from the State Council of Higher...

AG Miyares Announces $7.4 Billion Purdue, Sackler Settlement

Attorney General Jason Miyares yesterday announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and...

VA Tech Researcher Investigates the Key to Heat and Disease Resilient Crops

Courtney Leisner wants to help plants fight pathogens better with rising global temperatures. Funded by a...

Bill Signed by Youngkin Makes Overdose Deaths a Chargeable Offense for Fentanyl Dealers

On Saturday, Governor Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed SB 746, patroned by Senator Ryan McDougle, which...

Miyares Leads Coalition of 52 AGs to Protect Veterans’ Education Benefits

Saturday, June 14, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares led a bipartisan coalition of 51 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the...

State Revenues Continue to Climb, Says Youngkin

On Friday, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that general fund revenues are up 5.9 percent ($1,572.2 million) year-over-year through the first 11 months of Fiscal...

VA Tech Researchers Tackle Water Scarcity with New Fog Harp

A third of the world’s population struggles with water scarcity. In many of these areas, fog holds water that could provide a lifeline — if only...

Miyares Takes Legal Action Against 23andMe to Protect Virginians’ Genetic Data

Attorney General Jason Miyares has filed a lawsuit and separate objection to 23andMe’s plan to sell the personal genetic data of roughly 15 million...

Virginia-Bred Foal by American Pharoah Delivered Safely at VA Tech

If you know anything about horse racing you will have heard of American Pharoah, a celebrated and prolific winner of major races, including all...

Governor and First Lady Honor National D-Day Memorial with Spirit of Virginia Award

Yesterday, Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin presented the fourth 2025 Spirit of Virginia Award to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation...