In a biting opinion article, the reliably unpredictable L. Douglas Wilder said yesterday that President Barack Obama should overhaul his staff and oust...

Sen. Mark D. Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, effectively withdrew his measure yesterday to divest the state of its Alcoholic Beverage Control stores. Obenshain...

CHARLOTTESVILLE—Another semester at the University of Virginia School of Law, another U.S. Supreme Court case to prepare for argument. The school’s...

Prodded by registrars and the recession, some legislators are trying to keep the touch-screen machines that most Virginians vote on. The 2007 General Assembly...

Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates will have a second chance to grab the $125 million in federal stimulus funds for unemployment insurance...

Hours after a Republican-led subcommittee shot down a bipartisan redistricting proposal yesterday, the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee unanimously...

Gov. Bob McDonnell, branded by Democrats as missing in action in Virginia’s budget crisis, dispatched his fiscal team to a private session yesterday...

The ever-unpredictable former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder wrote in a biting opinion piece today that President Barack Obama should overhaul his team and remove...

Legislation to sell state-owned liquor stores and devote the proceeds to transportation won’t pass this session. Sen. Mark Obenshain effectively...

WASHINGTON (AP)—Metro officials are trying to determine what caused a blue line train to become entangled in a loose cable, forcing passengers to...

A Roanoke man claims sheriff’s deputies beat him in the city jail because of his burping.

Metro train operators are evacuating a blue line train that stalled near the Smithsonian station.

Snow blew across the Midwest Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second straight...

LYNCHBURG—William McGarvey “Bullet Bill” Dudley’s achievements on the gridiron hardly defined him as a man. He was a dedicated...

Senate Bill 329, sponsored by Sen. Richard H. Stuart, R-Westmoreland, is designed to raise additional funds for sheriff’s departments and clerks...

Terry McAuliffe, an unsuccesssful candidate for governor in 2009, is in the running again—this time, to buy a soon-to-close Southside paper factory...

Richmond-area school systems are facing millions of dollars less in education funding under a proposed change in how the state determines how much money...

A $21.5 million handout from Washington will pay for expanded broadband Internet service across a southern swatch of rural Virginia. The White House is...

Prodded by registrars and the recession, some legislators are trying to keep alive the touch-screen machines that most Virginians vote on. The 2007 General...

Gov. Bob McDonnell, branded by Democrats as missing in action in Virginia’s budget crisis, dispatched his fiscal team to a private session today...

QUANTICO—Marine Corps officials are continuing their investigation into the death of a man at the base correctional facility who was awaiting trial...

The Virginia Senate yesterday passed a bill that would add sexual orientation to existing anti-discrimination policies in state hiring. The vote for Senate...

Collectively, legislators will be paid about $20,000 for their Friday lodging and eating expenses in Richmond even though they went home because the day’s...

The Virginia Senate today passed an anti-discrimination bill that would add sexual orientation to current anti-discrimination policies in state hiring....

The Obama administration this afternoon announced an additional $21.5 million in federal stimulus funds for Virginia—this time to expand broadband...

Before former Greene County Sheriff William L. Morris killed himself Jan. 28, he wrote in a final note: “I hope that my death will help bring about...

Legislators will be paid for their Friday lodging and eating expenses in Richmond even though they went home because the day’s session was canceled...

Richmond-area school districts could lose millions of dollars in state education funding after Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that he will support...

Residents in storm-ravaged areas of Virginia and West Virginia were urged on Super Bowl Sunday to use extreme caution while traveling—or just stay...

The exact physiological causes of tinnitus—noise or ringing in the ears—are unknown, but several things can trigger or worsen the condition....