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Virginia Gov. Youngkin (R) has chosen Andrew Wheeler as a senior adviser. Wheeler, a former EPA chief under President Donald Trump, had been rejected as a pick for Youngkin's Cabinet by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.

Republicans are betting that issues of critical race theory and other hot topics that vaulted Youngkin to victory last year will remain salient with voters by November.

The General Assembly wrapped up its 60-day session Saturday without an agreement on the two-year state budget or dozens of other bills, kicking all of that legislation down the road for a special session.

A lawsuit claims the state of Virginia could not find a hospital bed for the girl.

After the state opened up all closed criminal case files to any requester, the legislature limits unlimited access to victims and requires victims to approve any case file releases.

The Virginia Senate rejected Gov. Glenn Youngkin's picks for the Parole Board on Thursday, extending a bitter tit-for-tat that began when the chamber rejected a Trump EPA chief for the Republican governor's Cabinet.

Democrats call on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to declare a state of emergency over rising gas prices, but Republicans say the solution is cutting taxes and changing policies aimed at eliminating fossil fuels.

Residents near the National Conference Center in the Lansdowne area of Leesburg in Loudoun County opposed a federal plan to use the site to process as many as 1,000 Afghan evacuees per month. The first group of about 300 Afghans arrived to the site on Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security officials said.

When Virginia governors assemble for a group photo, there’s one person they invite to join them: photographer Bob Brown, who’s about to retire after more than 50 years chronicling state government in Richmond.

Fairfax County prosecutors said Megan Hargan was motivated by greed, while the defense said her sister, Helen Hargan, set her up to take the fall.

The pushback to Alexandria’s "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day" proclamation shows how the politics of abortion are reaching a boiling point, even in an overwhelmingly Democratic city.

Budget negotiators in Virginia's General Assembly are rushing to meet a deadline for a deal on tax cuts, a key campaign promise of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). With the clock ticking, this year's legislative session could go into overtime beyond Saturday's scheduled adjournment.

The latest effort to tighten legislation meant to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia would limit the tax revenue that could be diverted to pay back stadium bonds to $350 million, plus financing expenses.

Jarome Bell is running an "America First" campaign centered on extreme rhetoric.

Virginia state Sen. Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) is proposing new language to put a check on the potential public funding of a Commanders stadium complex.

State Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Swecker is seeking another four-year term, having led the party through seven years of blue waves and a recent GOP resurgence.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has made repealing the tax a key part of his agenda, and it is all but a certainty in the state budget.

Virginia’s House and Senate bills have broad language and no monetary cap for funding the potential Commanders stadium complex. “It’s an endless gravy train of subsidies,” one expert said.