Virginia’s jobless rate remained steady in January and is still below the national average.
 

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, St. Joseph’s Villa and the Virginia Association of Science Teachers are offering a conference this weekend for pre-K to 5th grade teachers about how to promote a nature-based education.  Charles Fishburne talks with keynote speaker David Sobel, a senior faculty member at Antioch University, who has written seven books and 60 articles on children and nature, in this WCVE Science Matters report.

Hanover County Supervisors have voted in a new cash proffers policy and are considering a raise in personal property taxes to meet expenses next year.

Henrico County’s real estate tax would remain the same, and there would be no layoffs under a budget proposal submitted yesterday by the county manager, despite an $18.5-million deficit.