The committee responsible for drawing the redistricting map says Virginia has a shorter timeline than other states because of our election this November.
Virginia voters in a recent poll ranked themselves as moderate, with a slightly conservative lean, but indicated support of more progressive legislation.
Republicans around Virginia streamed into voting sites Saturday to choose their nominee for governor, and in Caroline County, Don Denton was first in line.
About 54,000 delegates will choose a nominee for the Republican candidate for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general at the 2021 Virginia GOP Convention
As he tries to become Virginia’s first Black attorney general, Del. Jay Jones made clear on the debate stage Wednesday night that he wasn’t going to tiptoe around the topic of race.
Governor Ralph Northam says if coronavirus cases continue to drop across the commonwealth, he will lift all capacity and social distancing measures on June 15.
When we spoke with state Senator Amanda Chase, she had just returned from Florida and an event at Mar-a-Lago, where she said she received a fist bump from former President Donald Trump.
Four Black women have entered the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race. If elected, the commonwealth would become the first state with a Black female governor.
A new poll from Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center for Civic Leadership shows Virginia voters rank themselves as moderate, but support some Democratic proposals.
The Republican candidates for governor in Virginia have found themselves in the unusual position of appealing to be the second choice of voters at the party’s nominating convention on Saturday.
A Republican candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor is going to court to find out who is responsible for an anonymous attack that called him “a Gay Democrat” while supporting one of his opponents.
Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic champion and reality TV personality now running for California governor, said she opposes transgender girls competing in girls’ sports at school.
An aide for Republican gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase brandished a gun in a road-rage incident while the candidate participated in a virtual gun-rights debate from the back of her campaign van.
The campaign that has carried Glenn Youngkin more than 13,000 miles, recently brought him to Lynchburg, and the weekly gathering of veterans at Monument Terrace.
Peter Doran’s campaign for governor touches on many of the issues that other conservative candidates have raised, but a central theme he stressed during an interview with WDBJ7 was phasing out Virginia’s income tax.
Del. Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, has his sights set on the Virginia executive mansion in November, but first he must beat six other candidates for the Republican nomination.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed an executive order banning single-use plastics at state agencies to help decrease pollution. One advocacy worker says this action may cause more harm than good.
Governor Ralph Northam’s Administration introduced a statewide Maternal Health Strategic Plan on Thursday to help eliminate the racial disparities in the Commonwealth’s maternal mortality rate within the next four years.
While the new legislation takes effect July 1, people will not have marijuana-related charges cleared from their records right off the bat, especially if they are more serious.
Newly released guidance from the CDC on outdoor mask wearing has Virginia's top health officials and Governor Ralph Northam now working to undo the state's take on it.
New figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show Virginia’s population grew over the past decade but not enough to gain an additional seat in Congress.
For the second time, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending the historic bill to the Senate on a party-line vote.
The Office of the Attorney General on Saturday officially appointed a private firm to investigate the handling of the controversial parole board release of Vincent Martin.
A federal working group convened to examine how the economies of communities dependent on fossil fuels can be revitalized as the nation transitions to renewable energy has identified Southwest Virginia as the fourth most coal-dependent area in the U.S.
The first day of early voting began Friday for the June 8 Virginia primary election. Voters are choosing candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general as well as candidates for the House of Delegates.
The Virginia Department of Elections has announced early voting (in-person voting) for the June primary begins Friday, April 23, 2021. Absentee ballots will also be sent to all voters who have requested a ballot by mail.
At Tuesday’s virtual meeting of the state elections board, which has oversight over city and county electoral boards, Nachman said further investigation was unnecessary because the accusations had already been “debunked.”
The 13 candidates running for the Virginia executive mansion raised a total of over $11 million in three months, according to recently released finance reports.
Large security fencing remains around Virginia’s State Capitol. It’s a telling sign that the commonwealth and Richmond are planning for the worse, but hopeful it won’t be needed.
After Democrats held the governor’s mansion for much of the last two decades, the candidates argued why they should earn the votes of Virginia republicans.
Senator Kaine joined colleagues in reintroducing the Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, which would allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in states that have established medical marijuana programs.
The GOP nominating contest is the latest example of how lax campaign finance rules allow outside groups to try to influence Virginia elections without leaving much of a trail showing who’s doing it.
When top aides to Gov. Ralph Northam sat down last summer to meet with the state inspector general, Northam Chief of Staff Clark Mercer opened by saying he wanted to hear what was being done to prevent future reports from “getting forwarded to the Associated Press again.”
The Virginia Council on Environmental Justice is asking Gov. Ralph Northam to issue a moratorium on all new fossil fuel projects and permits in the state.
The Justice Department has sued Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone, accusing the conservative provocateur and his wife of failing to pay nearly $2 million in income tax.
A bill allowing the public access to limited criminal investigation records will go into effect in July, along with a handful of other bills related to government transparency.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced bills that will be introduced to Congress this week. One would help prepare workers with skills needed for in-demand infrastructure jobs and the other is a gun violence prevention measure.
The Virginia Senate rejected the governor’s amendments to a bill that restricts the gun rights of anyone convicted for assault and battery of a family member.
Prosecutors in central Virginia are gearing up for marijuana legalization. With the law going into effect in less than three months, some say it’s a positive step – others say there are issues that still need to be resolved.
Part-time employees won’t be included in Virginia’s new auto-IRA program after a contingent of Senate Democrats rejected Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposal to broaden an initiative meant to encourage more lower-income workers to save for retirement.
Northam’s amendments, which among other things sped the timeline for legalization from 2024 to this summer, ultimately passed on Wednesday. But the vote came down to the wire after two Republican supporters got cold feet and a Democratic holdout furious at a colleague in the House threatened to torp
State lawmakers have ordered up a review of the Virginia Parole Board, but the controversy surrounding the board’s conduct and the adequacy of the investigation continues.
Virginia is the first state in the South to ban gay and trans panic as a defense for murder or manslaughter. The bill was introduced by openly transgender Delegate Danica Roem.
The GOP candidates for governor had just finished introducing themselves to members of the Princess Anne Republican Women’s Club when the forum’s moderator realized she had misplaced her list of questions.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and the Virginia NAACP are launching a collaborative effort to identify and implement reforms to the way the state and its law enforcement agencies handle investigations into officer-involved shooting deaths
The first televised debate of Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary started out tame Tuesday evening, with almost 25 minutes of civil discussion about how the five candidates onstage plan to lead the state out of it.
A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that among Republican adults, 29% say they “definitely will not” get the vaccine. For white Evangelical Christians, it’s 28%.
