- Laura Vozzella
- Reporter
Laura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post.
Prior to joining the paper, she was a political columnist and food writer at The Baltimore Sun. She dutifully recorded hockey sums and breaking news for The Associated Press in Boston, covered federal court for The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and chronicled everything that moved in a small Connecticut town for her hometown newspaper, The Hartford Courant.
- Bolling blasts selection of E.W. Jackson
- Va. GOP picks conservatives for fall ticket; black minister is lieutenant governor choice
- Va. GOP candidates come together for campaign
- McDonnell’s disclosures highlight Virginia’s loose rules for personal gifts to politicians
- Poll: Terry McAuliffe pulls ahead of Ken Cuccinelli in race for Va. governor
- Cuccinelli appoints private lawyer for McDonnell in mansion chef case
- McDonnell’s approval rating dips below 50 percent in new poll
- Trial date set for McDonnell’s former chef
- McDonnell: Cemetery had right to bury Boston suspect
- McDonnell ceremonially signs roads bill
- Cuccinelli touts tax plan in his second ad
- Boston bombing suspect buried in Virginia
- Ex-aide to governors faces assault charges
- Cuccinelli unveils tax-cut proposal
- Cuccinelli can withdraw from chef’s case, judge rules
- McDonnell says he’s still able to govern
- Virginia has one of nation’s most lax ethics laws for politicians
- Cuccinelli amends disclosure forms
- Cuccinelli lays out reasons for recusal from mansion chef case
- Cuccinelli to air first TV ad of Va. race
- McDonnell mum on chef’s claims
- Cuccinelli seeks recusal from chef case
- Former mansion chef raises questions about McDonnell family use of state goods
- Abortion foes to air first ad of Virginia governor’s race
- Chinese TV to air Virginia series
- Cuccinelli: No point in trying to repeal Va. transportation overhaul
- Democratic predecessor defends Cuccinelli
- Va. board approves strict abortion clinic rules
- Herring seeks inquiry into Star, Republicans
- Garrett seeks inquiry into McAuliffe venture
- Cuccinelli calls for tighter Va. gift laws
- Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s role in GreenTech scrutinized
- McEachin calls for closing Virginia gift loophole
- McDonnell and Spielberg doing lunch
- McDonnell mum on other possible gifts from Star Scientific head
- Cuccinelli hands off Star Scientific case
- Cuccinelli springs April Fools’ joke
- Cuccinelli called ‘roadblock’ to funding bill
- Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s disclosure of stock holdings was delayed
- Va. Gov. McDonnell on two-way street with chief executive of struggling company
- Ex-chef at Va. governor’s mansion charged
- McDonnell aims to block abortion coverage
- Cuccinelli: Va.’s Medicaid, road-funding bills unconstitutional
- Bolling ‘came very, very close’ to run
- McAuliffe silent on Hillary Clinton’s slavery analogy
- Va. Democrats put focus on Cuccinelli’s antiabortion views
- Dems blast comparison of slavery, abortion
- ‘Prius tax’ foes urge McDonnell to kill it
- Cuccinelli blasted on climate change
- Authority urges changes to Va. roads bill
- McAuliffe would have place for Bolling
- Cuccinelli swears off no-tax pledge
- Cuccinelli mum on Virginia transportation plan’s fate
- Bolling decides against independent bid for Va. governor
- Funding a key factor as Bolling nears a decision on governor’s race
- Cuccinelli takes aim at McAuliffe snow tweet
- McDonnell to feds: No Medicaid expansion
- After roads deal, Virginia Gov. McDonnell faces Republican identity crisis
- Democrats claim win, GOP says not so fast
- Virginia lawmakers approve sweeping transportation plan
- Cuccinelli opinion threatens Medicaid, transportation deals
- Va. budget negotiators reach deal
- Va. transportation plan clears House, stalls in Senate
- Virginia Medicaid expansion deal in works
- Va. assembly showdown over Medicaid expansion threatened
- Pete Snyder launches convention app
- Tough flu season taxes Va. lawmakers; doctor-legislators go to the aid of both parties
- Negotiators strike Va. transportation deal
- Transportation conferees take up new plan
- Negotiators inch closer on Va. road funding
- Presidential hopes mix with Virginia governor’s race
- Senate approves voter ID bill; separate House bill advances
- Farm sales bill dies before Va. Senate panel
- Virginia Lt. Gov. Bolling urges transportation compromise
- Va. House, Senate stake out different transportation plans
- Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling backs gas tax hike
- Petersen’s bike safety bill dies
- Democrats urge sales of Cuccinelli book
- Campus clubs bill moves to governor
- Teacher probation bill heads to governor
- Video calls Cuccinelli part-timer
- Spike of Virginia redistricting plans shows House speaker’s pragmatic streak
- Va. House speaker derails GOP Senate redistricting plan
- Va. General Assembly: Where bills stand at ‘crossover’
- Va. lawmakers give McDonnell partial win on transportation at session midpoint
- Va. House speaker is expected to kill GOP Senate redistricting plan
- Bolling sides with GOP in tie-breaking spree
- Va. Senate approves‘free association’ bill
- Va. House passes McDonnell’s transportation plan
- Va. Senate votes to limits smoking, cell phone use
- Cuccinelli backs rival roads bill
- Republican Bolling sides with Democrats on voter ID measure
- Virginia Senate could be headed for budget stalemate
- Va. Senate votes to restrict youth tanning
- Black delegate decides against Va. GOP’s redistricting map
- Republican Bolling makes case for expanding Medicaid in Va.
- Cuccinellli rejects criticism tying him to Mitt Romney’s ‘47 percent’ comment
- Report: McAuliffe, Menendez donor ‘good friends’
- Tebow bill clears Virginia House
- Va. House delays decision — again — on redistricting plan
- In forthcoming book, Cuccinelli echoes Romney’s ‘47 percent’
- Black delegates tempted by Virginia GOP’s Senate map
- Va. ‘Dream Act’ bill clears House panel
- Virginia electoral vote gambit dies
- Bob McDonnell backs ‘Love Shack’ bill
- Dragas confirmed to stay on U-Va. board
- Va. House delays action on redistricting
- Senate votes to restore felon voting rights
- Va. Senate OK’s constitutional amendments
- Cuccinelli backed failed bill to ease ultrasound rule
- Smoking in car with child illegal under bill
- Va. Senate panel advances ‘Love Shack’ bill
- Bill would legalize cohabitation in Virginia
- Artur Davis considers bid for Virginia Senate or Congress
- Va. bill on electoral college change appears headed for defeat
- Bill preventing state officials from enforcing federal gun laws passes Va. House committee
- Virginia bill on electoral college change appears headed for defeat
- Finding a way out of Va. redistricting trap
- Colbert mocks GOP’s Va. redistricting coup
- Stewart cheers Va. Senate redistricting
- Va. House Speaker holds key to redistricting vote
- Snyder takes aim at Saslaw in radio ad
- Watkins plays unlikely role in Senate drama
- Va. Republicans’ redistricting maneuver draws criticism
- Senate backs absentee voting for seniors
- Va. Republicans push re-drawn district map through Senate
- Virginia Senate approves reappointment of Dragas as U-Va. rector
- Overhaul probably just starting on Va. transportation funding
- Gun-show loophole bill advances, retreats
- Soccer goal safety bill advances
- Va. Republicans block ultrasound repeal
- Legislators make undercover gun sale video
- Snyder launches first ad of 2013 campaign
- Virginia Senate panel kills absentee voting bill
- Chopra, Snyder lead rivals in fundraising
- Snyder raises $450,000 for lieutenant governor bid
- Union elections bill dies in tie Senate vote
- Va. lawmakers appoint openly gay judge after rejecting him last year
- Va. legislature expected to approve Thorne-Begland, who is gay, for bench
- House panel kills felon voting bills
- Virginia General Assembly set to keep fighting about election laws
- Virginia projects tax revenue rise of 3.6 percent for fiscal year
- McAuliffe and Bolling meet in Richmond
- Virginia General Assembly begins new session
- McDonnell proposes eliminating Virginia’s gas tax
- McDonnell to unveil road funding plan that calls for at least $500 million annual spending
- More independent Bolling returns to role as tiebreaker in Virginia Senate
- McDonnell seeks elusive fix for Virginia roads
- Va. General Assembly to face gun control, transportation issues
- Bolling might still run as independent in Va.
- Bolling testing waters for independent run
- New Virginia abortion clinic rules approved by McDonnell
- Virginia GOP determined to connect with voters this time around
- Virginia signs $1.4 billion highway deal
- GOP delegates call for armed officers at elementaries
- Bolling breaks with McDonnell — again
- Virginia’s split personality on gun control
- Cuccinelli open to armed teachers
- Va. bill would order schools to arm teachers
- McDonnell, O’Malley take opposing sides in response to Newtown shootings
- McDonnell: Arming principals might help
- McAuliffe calls for assault weapons ban
- McDonnell: Gun control talk ‘way too early’
- Sen. Mark Warner seeks gun control action in wake of mass shooting
- Against ‘fiscal cliff’ uncertainties, McDonnell proposes amendments to state budget
- Controversy surrounds Va. plan to build $1.4 billion toll road
- Bolling opposes the lifting ban on uranium mining in Va.
- McDonnell opts for federal health exchange
- Va. parties lob union, abortion challenges
- Santorum to endorse Cuccinelli in Va. race
- Va. bill aims to protect secret union ballot
- Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell pushes to end budget ‘gimmick’
- Norquist: Revamping gas tax violates anti-tax pledge
- Fact-checking Pete Snyder’s barbecue claim
- Tareq Salahi rebuffs GOP pledge in governor’s race
- Ralph Northam to formally announce lieutenant governor bid
- Proposed law would stiffen penalty for texting while driving in Virginia
- Bill would make texting from car reckless driving
- Terry McAuliffe lines up more Democratic supporters for gubernatorial campaign
- Sen. Ralph Northam announces lieutenant governor bid
- Terry McAuliffe golfs with President Obama, Bill Clinton
- How Pete Snyder snagged Ollie North
- Virginia GOP candidates hold annual Advance gathering
- Virginia agencies plan for ‘fiscal cliff’
- Terry McAuliffe announces campaign co-chairmen
- Bill Bolling partly pinned hopes on Romney win
- Bill Bolling explains decision to quit race for GOP gubernatorial nomination
- Narrowing field could leave stark choice in Va. governor’s race
- Bolling says no ‘current’ plan to run as independent
- Is Bolling mulling an independent bid for governor?
- Bill Bolling decides not to seek GOP nomination for VA governor
- Cuccinelli seems to agree voter fraud helped Obama
- Obenshain announces bid for attorney general
- Pete Snyder running for Virginia lieutenant governor
- Virginia finds trading partner in Cuba
- Chopra receive endorsements in bid for lt. governor
- McDonnell weighs tying gas tax to price of fuel
- Va. business, legislative leaders wary of ‘fiscal cliff’
- Poll: Va. wants roads fixed, unsure of uranium mining
- Poll: Bob McDonnell still popular in Virginia
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