Special Reports

The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch recently published an investigation that revealed 23 Virginia school districts have pulled books from school libraries over the past two years, amid a historic level of book banning across the country. RTD Reporters Jess Nocera and Sean McGoey spoke with VPM News education reporter Megan Pauly about their findings. Below is a transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity.

In part two of the World Music Show’s look at music from Ukraine, host Ian Stewart speaks with music producer Daniel Roseberg about what some musicians are dealing with in worn-torn Ukraine.

Virginia Commonwealth University has expelled Delta Chi fraternity for violations that allegedly led to the death of a student.

COVID-19 caused the studio to shut its doors for just over three weeks, and the studio's executive director says the pandemic didn’t deter the staff from its mission.

The program sets aside an estimated $5 billion to pay off Farm Service Agency loans, which are made to farmers who don’t have the means or credit to get them elsewhere. The funds will impact about 16,000 farmers of color.