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Recently released annual population estimates for Virginia show people moving out of the heavily populated areas in Hampton Roads, according to Demographic researchers at the Weldon Cooper Center.

Three months after Richmond voters rejected a plan to bring a casino to the city for a second time, Virginia lawmakers voted unanimously to permanently remove the city from the list of eligible host cities.

The populations of Bath and Highland have increased over the last three years, and more recently, estimates indicate Alleghany County’s population is also on the rise, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

Supervisors have called a special meeting to discuss the situation. Here are the demographics driving Franklin's enrollment drop.

Supervisors have called a special meeting to discuss the situation. Here are the demographics driving Franklin's enrollment drop.

Embark on a thought-provoking journey through the realm of political leadership with Larry Roberts of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA.

The largest overall number of new migrants moved to the big four - Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover - but rural areas growing the fastest, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

New Kent County has grown faster than anywhere else in Virginia since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study, but the county’s popularity has pushed up the price of an average home by almost $150,000 since 2021, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

School enrollment trends have changed in post-pandemic Virginia, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.

As Virginia seeks to acquire at least 2.6 gigawatts of offshore wind energy to fulfill legally binding decarbonization targets, the bill would require the state to consider a range of bids from offshore wind developers other than Dominion.