As someone who grew up in the shadow of NASA Langley, today is pretty rad.

A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment. n.pr/3PUBm6t

I need a new washer and dryer. The appliance people came today, took one look at our steep stairs, asked how someone managed to get our current unit up there and said they'd have to come back Monday with another guy or guys. The joys of a 115-year-old building.

About a decade after Zyahna Bryant, then a 15-year-old, led the push to remove Confederate imagery from Charlottesville, the JSAAHC presented 3 proposals for Swords into Plowshares, a project created to repurpose the bronze from the melted-down statue of Robert E. Lee. www.vpm.org/news/2026-03...

Before you pick a hill on which to die, ask yourself why. Our cultures abhor it, but give yourself time for self examination. Don't let others tell you what you need to do. Sit with yourself. It's hard, but you have to do it. If you are in a bad situation, do not stop hoping for freedom.

It's always insulting when something built in the '80s is called "aging" because I was built in the '80s.

I love this for me.

I took my car in for service, and my ride to work immediately followed Dirty Diana with Darling Nikki so it's gonna be a good day.

A fight over a tax break for data centers has pushed VA budget negotiations to the last possible minute, with a resolution by Saturday unlikely. New from the @vpm.org Capitol Correspondents Gruesome Twosome (reporter extraordinaire @jahd.bsky.social & photo god/master of secrets @theshabomb.com):

On March 12, 2006, I moved to Petersburg and started my career the day after. Cracks were starting to show in the industry then. The internet somehow caught many owners off guard. The ad sales that nearly made what the newsrooms produced an afterthought were drying up.

Q: Elliott, how have you handled [gestures to everything] over the past 20 years? A: "Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

I hope this inspires him to spit some bars.

Tonight, I got to tell Tim Reid that I did a horrible job of interviewing him when I was a young reporter. He graciously told me he didn't remember.

It's the first day of early voting. I got the possum sticker, so today's a good day.

Even when one of your grandfathers dies 29 years before you're born, the A1 story about the car crash in is a tough read.

INBOX: Virginia to Join Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

I, for one, completely forgot that Richmond's DPW conveys information on Blogspot.

Seven. Five. Seven.

20 years ago yesterday (on my grandmother's 96th birthday), I got the call that started my non-collegiate journalism career. I was supposed to start March 6 but pushed my start date at the Progress-Index a week to go on a road trip to Florida with a friend from high school.

Dollar General Absorbs Into Your Skin Quickly

Wife (with a sprained ankle): We didn't get the blizzard, but I still slipped on ice Me: ... It's like ra-i-aaaaain I don't understand why she is mad at me.

We have a vendor whose name in the payment system is truncated to "National Ass." I'm waiting for the new CFO to ask me precisely what in the hell it is.

This album of some of the bangers of the early 1980s takes me back to my parents cranking the radio up while I tagged along for a grocery run.

I'm devastated to learn that I'm going to miss the Egyptian Lover playing in Richmond.

ICYMI live wamu.org/story/26/02/...

Breaking: The Supreme Court of Virginia said Friday plans to hold a ballot referendum on the new maps April 21 could go ahead for the time being as it hears a legal challenge to state Democrats' efforts to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 federal midterm elections.

I didn't know it was an age, but I am "your life insurance company tries to upsell you" years old.

This evening was the first time since the snowstorm that I did not have to traverse ice to get to my door. I'd forgotten what it was like.

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Virginia Democrats propose potential 10–1 congressional map for 2026 midterms By @jahd.bsky.social

Gov Spanberger has directed Virginia’s state law enforcement agencies to end 287g agreements with ICE, saying the agreements "improperly cede accountability and discretion over VA law enforcement" to the feds.

The Venerable Monks of the Dhammacetiya are crossing through Greater Richmond as their 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" (which started in Fort Worth, Texas, 100 days ago) nears its final destination of Washington, DC.

The only thing I'll miss from this past week is walking around in ice cleats. They make you feel like a superhero.

Former WRIR leader Melissa Vaughn dies after battle with cancer

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Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley said in a ruling Tuesday that Virginia Democrats in the Legislature didn't follow state law as they attempt to redraw congressional districts in time for the 2026 federal midterms. this story is breaking and will be updated.

As much as I want to get my car out of the field I (purposely) left it in, I'm certain a fool going 25 mph down my unplowed street will crash into it if I do.

Youngkin pardoned Fairfax police officer in 2023 shooting, attorney says www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...

Our goal is to be back with local radio coverage tomorrow evening and for you to hear the dulcet voice of Phil Liles on Wednesday morning!

The weather let up, and I immediately saw an Altima on the road. As a former owner who stereotypically drove two with no hubcaps, respect. (But, seriously, DO NOT go driving right now.)

Gov. Abigail Spanberger will provide an update for the commonwealth on storm prep and safety at noon. You can watch along with VPM on our YouTube or at VPM.org. #winterstormwarning

If Virginia Beach had extended the Tide to the Oceanfront, you could have partied all the way to Peabody's

Don't mind if I do! Happy 30th anniversary to VCOG, and many thanks to @jess4va.com for carrying this. HJ76: "Commending the Virginia Coalition for Open Government." lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

"My job as governor is to provide what the federal government too often has not: predictability, steadiness and an unrelenting focus on the people we serve," Gov. Abigail Spanberger said during Monday's speech.

Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician whose groundbreaking work made GPS possible, has died at the age of 95.

Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia's 75th governor www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...

The Virginia Senate has approved proposed constitutional amendments on reproductive rights, marriage equality, voting rights restoration and mid-decade redistricting powers. Voters in the state will now have the final say, with a redistricting vote likely to occur this spring.

Walter Plecker, Virginia's first registrar for the Bureau of Vital Statistics, erased Indigenous people from records through the mid-1940s, leading to all but one of the 11 state-recognized tribes being unable to provide proof of continued existence since 1900 to the US Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Votes on four constitutional amendments on abortion, voting rights, marriage equality and mid-decade redistricting were the opening act of the 2026 legislative session for the Virginia General Assembly. @vpm.org www.vpm.org/generalassem...

I am using an ancient toaster oven, and this is the most terrifying experience of my life. Will it reheat my burrito? Will it burn down three city blocks? Will it knock out power across the East Coast? All of the above? Who knows!