VIRGINIA POLITICS

Her announcement kicks off a historic bid to become the first woman to lead the state and the first Black woman to serve as governor anywhere in the nation.

After a bitter primary election between former congressman Bob Good and state Sen. John J. McGuire III in Virginia’s 5th District, the local GOP is locked in a feud.

The appointed volunteers on Arlington’s Human Rights Commission had earlier this year voiced concerns over a string of deaths in the county jail.

A judge ruled that a group of Alexandria homeowners can move ahead in suing the Northern Virginia city over its “Zoning for Housing” plan.

A new Roanoke College poll finds Democrat Kamala Harris with a statistically insignificant lead over Republican Donald Trump among likely Virginia voters.

In its haste to process election-eve tax rebates to individuals in 2022 and 2023, the administration ‘pushed aside’ the work of routine corporate tax refunds.

The Republican governor’s role as a surrogate for Donald Trump in Virginia aligns him with policies that might be unpopular in his politically purple state.

Virginia is the only state that strips voting rights from everyone convicted of a felony and empowers only the governor to restore them.

Trump’s vow to eliminate, overhaul or relocate big chunks of the federal bureaucracy could have a significant economic impact in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

Across the country, public housing tenants are battling to keep their homes after receiving erroneous bills and eviction filings from housing authorities.

Denver Riggleman, a former GOP congressman from Virginia who split with Trump over Jan. 6, endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

Elections officials in rural Virginia conducted a recount sought by Rep. Bob Good (R), who in June seemed to lose a tight primary to Trump-backed John McGuire.

A failure to meet new state requirements for advance public notices means the county must nullify three July 16 votes and repeat four public hearings.

A zoning change would dictate where data centers can be built in Fairfax, following steps by other localities worried about energy use, noise and other problems.

The Shockoe Institute will study Virginia’s role in the slave trade and related issues that linger today, as Richmond confronts a long-neglected history.

The state’s Democratic convention delegates took an internal poll Monday night and Tuesday morning that showed them coalescing quickly around Harris.

For those not at the top of the ticket, the convention was a chance to court home-state activists, schmooze national donors and otherwise attempt to pump up their prospects.

The Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Program, which offers free tuition for families of disabled veterans, has ballooned in cost but cuts were unpopular.