Ben Paviour
Staff Reporter, VPM NewsBen Paviour covers courts and criminal justice for VPM News with a focus on accountability.
He previously covered politics and culture in Cambodia and lived pre-journalism lives as a tech writer at Google and a program manager for a youth job training program in Alameda County, California.
Email Ben: [email protected]
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If the federal public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic expires without renewal, thousands of Virginians may lose their Medicaid coverage. -
Hundreds of precocious teenagers will gather in Maryland later this month for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Closer to home, older adults got to show their phonetic chops at Podium RVA’s Adult Spelling Bee.
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Del. Danica Roem announced on Monday that she’s running for an open seat in the state Senate next year, pitching herself as a problem solver and a bulwark against attacks on the rights of LGBTQ people.
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A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has supercharged a debate over aborition access in Virginia, even if its immediate implications remain unclear.
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Virginia’s top education official says the state is “resting on our laurels” when it comes to educating public school students.
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A Democrat in Virginia’s Senate says his caucus has the votes to reject a proposal from Gov. Glenn Youngkin to create two new crimes for marijuana possession when the legislature meets on Wednesday.
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The Virginia Department of Education handed over a file on Tuesday related to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s first executive orders. State officials had previously blocked the file from public release.
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Housing advocates say legislation passed by the General Assembly on a bipartisan vote would have helped reign in the most negligent landlords. Now they’re questioning Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s veto of the bill.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed nine out of ten bills that reached his desk from Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) in a move that appears to be connected to an ongoing feud over gubernatorial appointments.
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Between virtual learning, masking debates and racial justice protests, it’s been a long two years for youth in Virginia. Advocates say the recent turmoil highlighted the state’s lack of investment in mental health services for students. It’s a need that’s likely to persist beyond this legislative session, where relatively small funding requests remain up in the air during budget negotiations.
