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Governor, First Lady, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, General Assembly Leaders and Cabinet Officials Join with Students and Community Leaders to Battle Epidemic…

Governor Youngkin Launches Comprehensive Plan to Fight Virginia’s Fentanyl Crisis

May 9, 2023 was officially recognized as National Fentanyl Awareness Day in Virginia, and a series of events were held.

A new youth Crisis Receiving Center, expected to provide 24/7 mental health services to children ages seven to 17 in the region, is coming to Henrico County.

WILLIAMSBURG — Wednesday, March 29, the office of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin hosted a discussion forum at William & Mary on mental health in the state’s…

Issues at the top of mind for Governors include investing in the healthcare workforce, developing policy to improve maternal and child health outcomes, as well as expanding behavioral health services and supports.

RICHMOND — In normal years, Virginia’s budget plan is supposed to be pretty much done by April except for any late changes recommended by the governor.

The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury) In normal years, Virginia’s budget plan is supposed to be pretty much done by April except for any late changes recommended by the governor. But for the second year in row, the politically split General Assembly is heading

This weeks mass shooting at Michigan State University is the latest in a long list of such tragedies to happen on a campus, and students in Wisconsin are being reminded to take advantage of resources if they feel overwhelmed by the violence. Monday nights shooting comes just a couple of weeks after a shooting near a university in Texas, and past high-profile shootings have happened from Virginia Tech to Northern Illinois University. Mary Kay Battaglia, executive director of the National Allian...

A new book by a University of Washington professor on the death penalty finds support for executions may be motivated by peoples own fear of death. Philip Hansten, professor emeritus of pharmacology at the University of Washington and author of "Death Penalty Bulls---," argues against the practice. Hansten draws on work by Ernest Becker, an anthropologist who said reminding people of their own mortality made them cling tighter to their cultural views and even increases people...