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Government could lose weight under bills
State and local governments could get smaller under bills sponsored by state Sen. Steve Newman and Del. Kathy Byron in the General Assembly.
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Martinsville Speedway, Gary Sinise to help SWVA wounded warrior
Concert to help Patrick County Marine Corporal Joshua Kerns, who lost much of his legs, and part of his right arm in Afghanistan
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WSLS compares Virginia ballot requirements to rest of nation
Unlike the Commonwealth, states like Illinois, Indiana, and Massachusetts require fewer than half of the 10,000 signatures needed to get on Virginia's primary ballot
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Va. Democrats accuse GOP of overreaching
House and Senate Democrats this morning unloaded on Republicans, who now control both chambers, for pushing social legislation that has dominated much of the legislative session's first half.
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Obama birth control mandate puts Kaine in corner
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- An Obama administration mandate that could force Catholic organizations to cover their employees' birth control costs tugs former Gov. Tim Kaine between his Roman Catholic faith and his Democratic White House ally....
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Virginia Tech president, former V.P. dropped from April 16th lawsuit
Charles Steger and Jim Hyatt had argued that they were protected by sovereign immunity
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Senate's partisan rancor threatens '12 budget
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Sharp ideological clashes, petty resentments and ongoing struggles over partisan power have thrown timely adoption of a new state budget into question....
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Obama to discuss education budget in Va Monday
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning to unveil his 2013 education budget at a community college in Virginia next week....
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Paramedic injured in fall in northern Virginia
SHIRLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Authorities say a paramedic has been seriously injured after falling from an overpass in northern Virginia while responding to a vehicle fire....
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House OKs deferring primaries from June to August
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- With Virginia's new, hastily passed congressional redistricting plans undergoing federal scrutiny with lawsuits possibly lurking later, the House has unanimously approved emergency legislation delaying June's primaries....
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House OKs bills restating right to kill intruders
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's House of Delegates has written into its law books centuries of common law allowing people to kill those who intrude into their dwellings and menace them....
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Senate panel backs public employee pay raise plan
A Senate subcommittee voted today to require local governments and school divisions to give pay raises to their employees and teachers to offset a requirement that workers contribute 5 percent of their pay toward their pensions.
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Senate rejects voter registration by party
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Senate has killed legislation that would have allowed voters to indicate their political party affiliation when they register....
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House passes bill allowing lethal force against intruders
Legislation would allow homeowners to use any degree of force, even lethal, against intruders without threat of criminal or civil charges.
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1 dead in police shooting in Culpeper
CULPEPER, Va. (AP) -- A Culpeper police officer is on administrative leave following the fatal shooting of a suspect....
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Bill to inform parents on school discipline advances
A bill that would require parents of public school students to be notified before disciplinary action to expel is taken against their children sailed through the Senate Education and Health Committee today on a unanimous vote.
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Va to get $479.6M in benefits from settlement
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginian and home borrowers in the state will receive about $479.6 million in relief from a $25 billion settlement between states and five mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses....
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Former Virginia Tech QB DeShazo arrested in prostitution sting
Newport News Police arrested Maurice DeShazo, and 14 other men
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Senator walks out of committee in dispute
A discussion among senators during a committee hearing on legislation that would change teacher's contracts grew testy today, prompting one incensed lawmaker to storm out of the meeting.
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Washington and Lee mock convention features BIG political names
Ann Coulter and James Carville kick it off Thursday, with what will surely be a heated debate
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Apco seeks OK to build $25M power line in Va
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- Appalachian Power is seeking state approval to build a $25 million electric transmission line that would serve Montgomery County, Christiansburg and Blacksburg....
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FBI: Good tips but no suspects in DC-area rapes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI says it's received strong leads, but has not identified any suspects, since launching a publicity blitz aimed at catching a man suspected in nine attacks on women in the Washington area....
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PolitiFact: Sen. Barker off on claim of pre-Kindergarten cuts
The governor would increase pre-K spending by more than $6 million over the next two school years. But after that, 27 localities could lose some of their state support.
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States, U.S. announce major settlement over mortgage abuses
Five major banks — Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial — will pay roughly $26 billion to reimburse American homeowners and overhaul their industry.
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Operator of radical Muslim site pleads guilty
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A Muslim convert from Brooklyn who ran a website that posted threats against the creators of the television show `South Park' for supposedly insulting the prophet Muhammad has entered a guilty plea....
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