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Virginia Republicans have reversed their stance on a bill requiring women seeking an abortion first undergo a transvaginal ultrasound. More>>
Some of Virginia's business community spent Wednesday in Richmond meeting with Governor Bob McDonnell. The governor declared 2012 the year of the entrepreneur. More>>
A last-ditch effort to soften legislation allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate based on sexual orientation has failed in the Virginia House of Delegates. More>>
State Senate Democrats are threatening a government shutdown, if Republicans do not agree to their demands. This all has to do with passing a budget in an evenly-divided Senate. More>>
Statistics show requests for protective orders in the commonwealth are up more than 15-fold after a new law removed obstacles for those who are not married to seek protection. More>>
Legislation allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay prospective parents is on its way to Virginia's governor, who has said he will sign it. More>>
A Senate committee has rejected legislation that would have made it illegal to secretly use an electronic device to track a person's movements. More>>
Hundreds of women stood mute, arm-in-arm, forming a human cordon through which legislators walked before Monday's floor sessions to protest a wave of anti-abortion legislation. More>>
Budget amendments from the Virginia House of Delegates include $2 million to help Louisa County rebuild two earthquake-damaged schools. More>>
A Senate committee has endorsed legislation to allow most local government employees to bring guns to work as long as they keep them locked in their vehicles. More>>
Since Virginia expanded its law to allow more people to seek protective orders against those they say are threatening them, the number of such orders has soared. More>>
Sunday night, state lawmakers are at work in Richmond getting down to business on Virginia's $85 billion budget. More>>
This year's first real winter storm took a while to get started, but has since come with a vengeance. More>>
Both houses of the General Assembly will unveil their amendments to Governor Bob McDonnell's budget this weekend. More>>
State and local employees who use 401(k)-style contribution plans will have a new investment option later this year. More>>
If you make a prank phone call, it could soon cost you big in Virginia. The state Senate voted Thursday in favor of House Bill 39. More>>
An ongoing debate over personhood legislation in Richmond is breaking new ground. Critics now say the bill would outlaw a wide range of infertility treatments. More>>
The House version of the state budget due to be unveiled Sunday will include an additional $140 million for public schools. More>>
A Virginia Senate committee's Republican majority has advanced a House bill that would eliminate state funding for abortions for low-income women. More>>
It is a war of words in Richmond as Democrats and Republicans tell two very different stories about what's going on with your state government. More>>
Virginia's spring fire season has started and the Virginia Department of Forestry is busy making sure they're ready. More>>
State lawmakers are not all feeling the love this Valentine's Day following a long day of voting and debate as they try to meet a key deadline. More>>
The Virginia Senate has passed legislation to require drug screening of welfare recipients. More>>
The clock is ticking for state lawmakers. Both chambers of the General Assembly need to meet a Tuesday night deadline to pass their legislation to the other house. More>>
The House of Delegates has approved legislation to make it easier to remove public school teachers from their jobs. More>>
Legislation making it illegal to deceptively install an electronic tracking system on a person's vehicle has cleared the House of Delegates and is on its way to the Senate. More>>
A bill that grants oversight to the General Assembly over any new credits passed the house this week and is on its way to the Senate. More>>
A proposal to allow people to carry guns and other weapons into Virginia airport terminals has been postponed until next year. More>>
Every day we breathe in a radioactive, cancer-causing gas. Usually it is in small doses that aren't dangerous, but radon is found at unhealthy levels inside one out of every 15 homes. More>>
A massive homework assignment completed by Virginia college students is now in the hands of state lawmakers. More>>
A bill that shields people who kill or maim intruders from civil lawsuits passed 75-22 the Virginia House of Delegates Thursday. More>>
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. More>>
Virginia 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. More>>
The Virginia Senate has killed legislation that would have allowed voters to indicate their political party affiliation when they register. More>>
The Virginia Senate has passed legislation allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality. More>>
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