RICHMOND — The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday signed off on a measure that would bar state funding for poor women seeking abortions in cases in which a baby would be born with an incapacitating deformity or mental deficiency.
RICHMOND — The House Privileges and Elections Committee approved a bill Friday that would push the state's 2012 congressional primaries from June to August in anticipation of a possible delay from the U.S. Department of Justice in pre-clearing a recently approved map.
Key legislators on Virginia's budget committees are considering new options for local governments to offset soaring retirement costs for teachers in the next two-year budget.
Gun-rights advocates are poised to win a marquee victory in the Virginia General Assembly, perhaps as early as today, with the potential repeal of the state's one-handgun-a-month limit.
The governors of Maryland and Virginia disagreed on issues ranging from the economy to the presidential race, religion and health care during a nationally televised talk show.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley traded some friendly — albeit pointed — jabs in a joint appearance Sunday, as Mr. McDonnell eases his way into the newfound role of campaign surrogate for Mitt Romney.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell defended Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney from attacks that he's not conservative enough, turning the tables on Newt Gingrich by saying the House former speaker has shortcomings of his own.
For decades Virginia has allowed residents who lack proof of identification or whose IDs have been lost or stolen to vote, provided they are listed in the voting rolls and sign sworn statements attesting to their identities.
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.
