U.S. stocks fell Friday, with the S&P 500 down 0.7% after record highs. August still marks its fourth straight month of gains.

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge held at 2.6% in July, though core inflation ticked up, keeping rates steady despite Trump’s tariffs.

HII announced Thursday that it has promoted Eric Chewning to executive vice president of maritime systems and corporate strategy.

Mary Baldwin University announced this week that president Jeff Stein has resigned, after only two years in the role.

The Virginia Supreme Court will soon decide a case that goes to the heart of how we govern our public universities.

AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly & Co. have proposed for Albemarle County and Goochland County to be the sites of major manufacturing projects.

Virginia Tech has received a $16 million commitment from alumnus David Kellogg to support the university’s PPE program.

Google is investing $9 billion in Virginia through the end of 2026, with the expansion including a new data center in Chesterfield County.

The Trump administration last week halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Three high-ranking Senate Democrats have sent a letter to the governor asking him to suspend future board appointments.

President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation’s capital.

Kansas-based development company Diode Ventures has backed out of a massive data center campus in Charles City County.