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A top Republican lawmaker in Virginia has resigned amid investigations by a federal grand jury and a state ethics panel.
With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was in Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser.
Virginia spent 74 percent more money overall in its most recent budget than it did 10 years earlier, the result of the economy, population growth and decisions by the General Assembly, according to the legislature's watchdog agency.
The new Republican governor-elect of Virginia brings to the office firmly conservative views that took root in the suburban, middle-class Irish Catholic home of his youth.
A Republican who promised to create jobs won the Virginia governor's office just a year after state voters helped a Democrat who promised change — and jobs — win the White House.
The billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television apologized Monday for pretending to stutter at a campaign event as she mimicked the Democratic candidate for governor.
Virginia's Republican candidate for governor said Monday he no longer believes his argument in a graduate thesis written 20 years ago that discrimination against gays and other groups is acceptable for the benefit of straight, married couples.
Virginia Democrat R. Creigh Deeds hopes a visit Thursday from President Barack Obama will pull his campaign out of a midsummer slump in a governor's race framed largely by hot national issues.
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says not all relatives of the 32 people slain at Virginia Tech want a state panel that reviewed the massacre reconvened.
Families of the Virginia Tech shooting victims asked Gov. Tim Kaine on Tuesday to reopen a state commission's investigation of the 2007 mass killings in which 32 people died.
Records released Tuesday showed Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine took 14 trips as Democratic National Committee chairman during the first six months of 2009, travel that came under scrutiny after state Republicans questioned whether he was neglecting state duties for party business.
A billionaire co-founder of the Black Entertainment Television network who is also a key Democratic donor has endorsed Republican Bob McDonnell for Virginia governor.
Vice President Joe Biden, in the backyard of the House's No. 2 Republican, asked critics of the economic stimulus package Thursday to explain how they would help the struggling economy.
Some doctors are holding off prescribing painkillers after a hacker accessed more than 35.5 million of Virginia's most sensitive prescription drug records two months ago, a state official told a legislative panel Monday.
Virginia's governor, who doubles as the national Democratic party chief, is refusing to turn over his travel records to Republicans in his state.
The nation's last known hand-poled ferry has gotten a reprieve to keep it afloat for three more months.
President Barack Obama plugged his party's candidate for Virginia governor into his fundraising and organizational pipeline by e-mailing hundreds of thousands of Democrats on Monday.
The nation's Republican Party has a chance to reclaim its voice in governors' elections this fall in Virginia and New Jersey, former Republican presidential prospect Mitt Romney said Friday.
In a governor's race that's all about jobs, Terry McAuliffe is facing questions about huge profits he made from a company that collapsed two years later, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
A hacker's theft of millions of Virginia's most sensitive prescription drug records isn't slowing Democratic Sen. Mark Warner's push for electronic medical records.
State officials still don't know the extent to which a hacker compromised Virginia's prescription drug monitoring system.
The Detroit Lions will retire the number 93 for the 2009 football season in memory of player Corey Smith, one of three men lost when their fishing boat capsized off the Florida Gulf Coast three weeks ago.
Lawmakers in tobacco-friendly Virginia passed a limited ban on smoking in bars and restaurants Thursday.
In a sign of how vilified smoking has become, lawmakers in Virginia — where the world's largest cigarette factory churns out Marlboros — passed curbs on smoking in restaurants.
Former President Bill Clinton told Virginia Democrats Saturday that the party has won America's long-running culture war but has to make sure not to squander it with partisanship.
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