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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Concert to help Patrick County Marine Corporal Joshua Kerns, who lost much of his legs, and part of his right arm in Afghanistan
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
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.
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....
Charles Steger and Jim Hyatt had argued that they were protected by sovereign immunity
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....
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning to unveil his 2013 education budget at a community college in Virginia next week....
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....
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....
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....
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.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Senate has killed legislation that would have allowed voters to indicate their political party affiliation when they register....
Legislation would allow homeowners to use any degree of force, even lethal, against intruders without threat of criminal or civil charges.
CULPEPER, Va. (AP) -- A Culpeper police officer is on administrative leave following the fatal shooting of a suspect....
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.
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....
Newport News Police arrested Maurice DeShazo, and 14 other men
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.
Ann Coulter and James Carville kick it off Thursday, with what will surely be a heated debate
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....
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....
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.
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.
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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