Times-Dispatch staff writer Jeff Schapiro recalls being pulled off a political convention to cover the manhunt for the Briley brothers. Word was, they...

It’s an oldie but maybe no longer a goodie. Virginia’s 62-year-old prohibition against union membership as a condition for a job—the...

Political columnist Jeff Schapiro comments on the democratic primary showdown. With the debates over, let the real fight for the gubernatorial nomination...

For Bob McDonnell, Republican candidate for governor, this is a Sunday of sacrilege. His alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, today is awarding an...

Hours before lawmakers returned to the state Capitol for their spring session, Dick Saslaw welcomed deep-pocketed visitors: the head of giant payday lender...

Political columnist Jeff Schapiro says the three candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination are making noise but not gaining traction.

The Republican convention in Richmond next month is supposed to be former Attorney General Bob McDonnell’s bar mitzvah—some food, a bit to...

While Mark Warner hides out on card-check, Jim Webb plunges into prison reform. These issues, conventional wisdom has it, are career killers. One Democrat...

The late A.L. Philpott, a House speaker of the old school—taciturn, crafty, attentive of detail—is reported to have said it is the prerogative...

As a former commander of Norfolk Naval Base and a nuclear weapons officer who worked on Russian atomic secrets at the National Security Council, Joe Bouchard...

A state Republican chairman with firm beliefs runs afoul of party potentates. Disagreements rooted in personality, policy and pettiness erupt in full view....

Crowded into a windowless conference room at the John Marshall Courts Building, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Leroy Hassell and the eight judges of...

Fillets in one barrel, fish heads in another: Un-Christian soldier: An unidentified caller to Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw’s office warned...

Even before fellow Republicans blew smoke in his face over tougher controls on puffing in public, Bill Howell was reminded that, like Rodney Dangerfield,...

Sen. Walter Stosch has got a secret. At least it looks that way. Same with Sens. Mark Obenshain, Tommy Norment, Ken Stolle, Ryan McDougle and Del. Bud...

Education is in line for nearly $966 million. Another $230 million is available for public school construction. There’s $745 million for highways....

Chuck Duvall is a lobbyist of the old school. Quiet, droll, with a purposeful stride, he carries his office in his pocket. What was said of a House speaker...

Chuck Duvall is a lobbyist of the old school. Quiet, droll, with a purposeful stride, he carries his office in his pocket. What was said of a House speaker...

Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, says it wasn’t a message. It looked like one. New restrictions on payday lending cleared the...

Out of view, there was a reunion of sorts in the General Assembly Building the other day. Lobbyists for payday lenders sat down to ponder a problem of...

A lawmaker who doubles as Virginia GOP leader is harvesting money for fellow Republicans but says he’s still in compliance with a prohibition on...

Lawyer Tony Troy has an expansive practice. He lobbies. He litigates. He may be best known for getting politicians out of trouble—in campaign recounts...

Columnist Jeff Schapiro says payday lenders have already found a loophole in the state law passed last year to limit exhorbitant fees.

Republican legislators are throwing everything but their shoes at Tim Kaine’s budget-balancing plan. It includes a proposal that, depending on your...

Today would have been Ernest H. “Judge” Williams Jr.‘s 94th birthday. The famed lobbyist, who died in 2003, had a keen appreciation for...

On Nov. 13, what remains of the House of Delegates Republican majority met—safe from the prying eyes of the press and always-open pocketbooks of...

The only real fight for a spot on the 2009 Republican ticket—the contest for the attorney general’s nomination—is now a three-way affair....

Del. Brian J. Moran is poised to collect endorsements for governor from the highest echelons of the state Democratic Party, while presumed rival Terry...

Del. Brian J. Moran is poised to collect endorsements for governor from the highest echelons of the state Democratic Party, while presumed rival Terry...

Their first responsibility is the care of those who give the last full measure of devotion. About 60 soldiers—members of an Army unit that recovers...