In what he described as an “unconventional” campaign announcement, one Republican candidate running for the 5th District GOP nomination pledged to 10 goals Thursday in Danville.

Local governments aren’t likely to escape the pain when the General Assembly attempts to eliminate an estimated $3.5 billion hole in the next two-year budget.

Low- and middle-income families pay a disproportionate share of taxes in Virginia, a study by a tax policy institute concluded Wednesday.

Virginia and its localities should stop building more prisons and jails because a decade-long building program has led to undercrowding, a state budget analyst said Wednesday.

RICHMOND —Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s term expires in less than two months, but that doesn’t mean he’s leaving behind his concerns about the future of the commonwealth.

Virginia transportation officials say they will have to slice $851.5 million out of Virginia’s six-year transportation plan, which has already been hit with $3.7 billion in cuts since the spring of 2008.

Del. Phillip A. Hamilton, R-Newport News, under an ethics cloud and defeated for re-election, has resigned from the House of Delegates seat he has held for 21 years.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine told Virginia Board of Education members this morning that if he could run for governor again that he “definitely” would have and continue his efforts to improve education for the state’s 1 million-plus students.

The Virginia House of Delegates’ Democratic and Republican caucuses each elected their leadership for the 2010 General Assembly session during the weekend.

In late summer, with polls pointing to victory, Bob McDonnell may have realized his No. 2 in the attorney general’s office, Bill Mims, was out of the running for gubernatorial chief of staff.

History told Virginia Democrats it wasn’t going to be easy.

Big win notwithstanding, Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will start his reign hampered by a slashed state budget, a politically divided legislature and a sour economy.

Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli is looking to predecessors from both parties for guidance on running the state’s law office, as well as enlisting the lawyer who beat Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell in court on a transportation fix that was ruled unconstitutional.

RICHMOND — Gov. Timothy Kaine will return to teaching at the University of Richmond after his four-year term ends in January.

In his first day as governor-elect, Bob McDonnell yesterday announced his transition committee leaders, including Tom Farrell, chairman and CEO of the state’s largest utility, Dominion Resources.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the National Democratic Committee chairman, and House Republican Whip Eric I. Cantor of Henrico County squared off on the “Today” show this morning over the impact of yesterday’s elections that saw Republicans capture governorships here and in New Jersey.

RICHMOND (AP) — Voters cast their ballots Tuesday for a new Virginia governor in a closely watched race that has focused on promises of jobs and critiques of President Barack Obama’s policies a year after he won the state.

Elected just a year ago, the president has spent a considerable amount of time and energy trying to ensure that Democrats win governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey and pick up a GOP-held congressional seat in upstate New York.

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell both are making election-eve appearances in the Richmond area.

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds took his campaign to Hampton Roads yesterday, while Republican Bob McDonnell flew around the state in late efforts to drive up turnout in a contest that has taken on national significance.

A day after President Barack Obama rallied Democrats in Norfolk for gubernatorial nominee R. Creigh Deeds, national Republican headliners hopscotched Virginia for front-runner Bob McDonnell.

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds, trailing in the polls, is getting a late push from President Barack Obama, with a new TV ad, an e-mail plea and an appearance in Hampton Roads slated for a week before Election Day.

Sponsored by WSLS 10 and Roanoke College, the candidates for governor will debate live from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight.  Click the headline for live video during the debate.

A Republican lawyer asked the State Board of Elections on Monday to fine Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds over contributions from unions.

Last November, Bernard Peyton, a retired warehouse worker, was excited to cast his ballot in the presidential election.

As a young Army lieutenant stationed in Germany, Bob McDonnell made the Guinness Book of World Records.

RICHMOND — The name of the office is attorney general, but you could almost add a subtitle: “Gubernatorial nominee in waiting.”

Virginia’s barely adequate infrastructure needs comprehensive planning and reliable funding to remedy years of neglect, according to a state engineers group.

RICHMOND — Republican Bob McDonnell raised about $3.8 million in his campaign for governor during September, about $300,000 more than his Democratic rival Creigh Deeds.

Virginia’s Republican candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general hold sizable leads over their Democratic opponents, but large swaths of voters remain undecided, a Mason-Dixon poll shows.