Tucked away in Martinsville, Virginia, Checkered Pig BBQ & Ribs might look like just another roadside eatery with its modest ...

Since the killing of George Floyd and the nationwide racial reckoning that blanketed the U.S. after May 25, Virginia has removed the most Confederate symbols — 26 total — in the country.

Virginia has passed a new law. This law criminalizes the display of Nazi symbols. It also protects the religious symbol of ...

Today marks the start of the state government's new fiscal year, and brings into effect numerous new laws that won approval ...

From colonial legends to breathtaking mountain vistas, the cultural and natural treasures of Virginia and the American South ...

West Virginia House Majority Leader Pat McGeehan issued a statement Friday saying he had “definitive proof” that Del. Ian T.

New Virginia laws that take effect July 1 include seat belt rules, school cell phone bans, and gift card fee limits.

Oregon lawmakers designated the T-bone steak as Oregon’s official state steak on June 16. The T-bone steak is the latest state symbol adopted by lawmakers, following the designation of potatoes as the ...

This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, ...

The state seal of Virginia has had a woman with an exposed breast on it since 1901, when the secretary of the commonwealth, D.Q. Eggleston said the figure looked more like a man than a woman and ...

Farmville, Virginia Defenders of State Sovereignty Confederate Soldier, Monument. Fincastle, Confederate Memorial, Monument/Courthouse. Floyd, Confederate Monument, Monument/Courthouse.

Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only ...