The state already has a two-year budget, but with a $2 billion surplus, legislators have lots of requests for additions. Here ...

Only 12 localities in Virginia still appoint their school boards, including Roanoke, Lynchburg, Martinsville and Galax. A ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Two proposed bills in the Virginia General Assembly would put $2 million dollars in state ...

The attorney general also provides written legal advice in the form of official opinions to members of the Virginia General Assembly and other government officials. Virginia has a Republican triplex.

Parker, D-Alexandria, are leading the charge after a similar effort fell short last year. Bennett-Parker’s bill was shelved ...

Henry Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond, Virginia, died on Jan. 23 at 91 years of age, after a lifetime of serving ...

Local governments should retain authority to make decisions about when renewable infrastructure is located, .agriculture ...

The Virginia General Assembly is currently considering SB743, a bill to prohibit the extradition of Virginia citizens.

A proposal for a new state grant program that could boost sports tourism in the commonwealth has piqued the interest of ...

Republicans and Democrats representing communities across Southwest Virginia are supporting legislation which would put a two ...

President Donald Trump’s pledge to help make Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality is viewed with skepticism by many ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...