RALEIGH - As the General Assembly ended its session yesterday and adjourned for the year, Gov. Bev Perdue signed into law one of the year’s most significant pieces of legislation.

More than 1,300 residents packed Charlottesville High School’s auditorium Tuesday night to deliver their views on health care reform to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello.

Bob McDonnell and R. Creigh Deeds are clashing over ways to revive the rural economy and an old issue that’s new to the 2009 governor’s race: abortion.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds yesterday proposed regular audits of every state agency—and requiring those agencies to start from zero dollars in their budgets as part of an ambitious plan to make Virginia’s government cheaper, leaner and more efficient.

BRISTOL, Va. – Democrat Creigh Deeds promised Wednesday to double the amount of money given to a program that has helped to bring 130 jobs to Bristol over the past five years.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s weekly radio address this Saturday.

For the second time in as many weeks, a published poll is showing Republican Bob McDonnell with a double-digit lead for governor over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds.

Republican Bob McDonnell has developed a wider lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for governor, according to a poll released today by Public Policy Polling.

LYNCHBURG — Bradley S. Rees, 31, isn’t exactly a typical GOP candidate for Congress.

Bob McDonnell, the Republican nominee for governor, today wrote to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, advocating his ideas on how to reopen the state’s 18 closed rest stops.

The General Assembly should expand the scope of next month’s special session to allow the state to compensate a man who spent 22 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit, a spokesman for Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday.

Former GOP congressman Virgil H. Goode Jr. said Monday that he will not seek a re-match against U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, setting up a primary contest of an estimated dozen Republicans interested in taking on the freshman Democrat in 2010.

The problem is homelessness. The problem is education. The problem is too few programs for ex-offenders.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds raised $3.4 million from May 28 to June 30, according to figures released yesterday by his campaign.

The Virginia Retirement System’s assets dropped by $12 billion, or 20 percent, in the first half of this year, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission was told today.

He didn’t ask for this job. The job of chairman of the Democratic National Committee, that is. Now that he has it, six months later, even an outsider might understand why Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was somewhat reluctant to take it in the first place.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell talked jobs and energy yesterday at a news conference with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.

The Republican Party of Virginia requested under the Freedom of Information Act records of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s out-of-state travels and state expenditures related to his work as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

RICHMOND — State Sen. Creigh Deeds and former Attorney General Bob McDonnell have agreed to their first scheduled debate in this year’s governor’s race.

RICHMOND — Virginia Republicans are seeking an accounting of Gov. Tim Kaine’s travels as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

The major political parties are competing for 58 House of Delegates seats this fall — an increase from recent election cycles.

Lawmakers readying to investigate Virginia’s hiring of Northrop Grumman to run its computer systems say controversy surrounding the deal is an embarrassment.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell has formed a group called Virginians for McDonnell to entice Democrats and independents to support him.

WILLIAMSBURG — Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday gave a vote of confidence to Northrop Grumman, the giant firm that Virginia is paying $2.3 billion for information-technology services.

They battled for attorney general in 2005. Now they’re facing off for governor. But Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell meet on a decidedly different political landscape than they did four years ago.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine opened it doors Wednesday to a $70.7 million facility that it hopes will lead to advances in cancer research.

The Democratic candidates for governor talked unity yesterday, while Republicans went on the attack against new nominee R. Creigh Deeds.

Where the Democrats stand on the issues

On Tuesday Democrats will pick their nominee for governor, ending a primary campaign distinctive, in part, for the candidates’ few clear distinctions on issues.

Terry McAuliffe is training his guns on R. Creigh Deeds in the finale to Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, saying Deeds’ pro-firearms stance makes him unelectable against Republican Bob McDonnell.