Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia's closely watched legislative elections
Early voting has begun in Virginia’s costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state.
Family of man who died while being admitted to psychiatric hospital agrees to $8.5M settlement
The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia pscyhiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state, county and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining the man.
Candidate in high-stakes Virginia election performed sex acts with husband in live videos
A candidate in a high-stakes legislative contest in Virginia performed sex acts with her husband in live videos posted on a pornographic website while asking viewers to pay them with “tokens" or ”tips” for individual requests.
Virginia governor pardons man whose arrest at a school board meeting galvanized conservatives
The father of a Virginia student sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned after his arrest two years ago protesting a school board meeting became a flashpoint in the conservative push to increase parental involvement in public education.
Virginia athletics organization plans no changes to its policy for trans athletes
The athletics sanctioning organization that oversees most high school sports in Virginia is telling schools this week it has no immediate plans to change its regulations governing the participation of transgender athletes.
Lawsuit claims Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement violates Reconstruction-era federal law
People who have been disqualified from voting in Virginia because of their criminal records filed a lawsuit Monday against Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state elections officials challenging the state’s automatic disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions.
Gov. Youngkin issues flag order in memory of Wintergreen police officer killed in the line of duty
Gov. Youngkin has ordered all U.S. and Virginia flags to be flown at half-staff Monday in memory of Mark “Christopher” Wagner, the Wintergreen police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty.
Ousted incumbents, key matchups set: Takeaways from Virginia's primary election
A historic number of state lawmakers were ousted in this week’s Virginia primary, which featured about four dozen legislative races that set the parties’ slate of candidates for what will be a hard-fought general election.
Agreement with watchdog agency allows Virginia State Police to investigate itself
Late last year, with the Virginia State Police under scrutiny after authorities said a former trooper kidnapped a 15-year-old California girl and killed three members of her family, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced he had requested a full investigation by the state’s watchdog agency.
Gov. Youngkin issues flag order in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day
Governor Glenn Youngkin has issued a flag order in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day, an observance that remembers local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who have died or who have been disabled in the line of duty.
Gov. Youngkin adviser says 2024 race is more than Trump, DeSantis
A top political adviser to Glenn Youngkin insisted on Monday that there’s room for the Virginia governor to enter the Republican presidential primary a day after the aide said the campaign was a “two-person race between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.”
Youngkin adviser says 2024 race is more than Trump, DeSantis
A top political adviser to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says his comments that the 2024 GOP presidential campaign is “a two-person race between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis” does not preclude Youngkin from jumping in in the coming months, should he choose.
Lawmakers pass energy bill, ‘skinny’ budget as session ends
The politically divided Virginia General Assembly worked through dozens of pieces of legislation, including a major energy bill and stop-gap budget bill, on Saturday as lawmakers reached the end of their regularly scheduled session without a deal on the entire state spending plan.
Virginia agency won’t release 1,700 records on Ford talks
Virginia’s economic development agency says it has at least 1,700 emails and documents pertaining to talks about the possibility of a Ford Motor Co. battery plant landing at a Danville-area megasite. But it won’t release any of them under the state’s public records law.