The Virginia House and Senate on Tuesday voted to ban mandatory project labor agreements on state-funded construction projects, a move proponents argue will help protect the state's right-to-work laws and create a level playing field in contract bidding. Published January 31, 2012
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II has appointed one of his Democratic predecessors to argue in a high-profile redistricting lawsuit against the state. Published January 30, 2012
The Virginia House of Delegates on Monday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would prohibit mandatory labor agreements on state-funded construction projects that opponents argue favor union workers and can lead to ballooning costs. Published January 30, 2012
About a quarter of the way through the state's General Assembly session, Republicans thus far have flexed their strengthened muscles to advance legislation on redistricting, abortion and gun rights — with many Democrats left simply to stand and protest. Published January 29, 2012
Virginia has reached a wide-ranging settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over its system for treating the intellectually and developmentally disabled, forestalling a federal lawsuit on charges the state needlessly institutionalized many people instead of placing them in community-based care. Published January 26, 2012
The Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill repealing a mandate that young girls receive a vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is known to cause cervical cancer, before they enter the sixth grade. Published January 26, 2012
The Senate Education and Health committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would require women to first undergo ultrasound imaging before having an abortion, a measure that had routinely died in the previously Democrat-led committee. Published January 26, 2012
The Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday gave preliminary approval to repealing a mandate that young girls receive a vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), known to cause cervical cancer, before they enter the sixth grade. Published January 26, 2012
The Virgina Senate passed a measure Thursday to allow state-wide hunting on private property on Sundays. Published January 26, 2012
A bill to repeal a mandate that Virginia schools open after Labor Day failed to make it out of Senate committee Thursday morning. Published January 26, 2012
Virginia has reached a wide-ranging settlement with the Justice Department over its system for treating the intellectually and developmentally disabled, agreeing to close four training centers, downsize another and provide thousands of additional waiver slots to help move people from institutional-based settings to community care. Published January 26, 2012
Billions of dollars in tax credits, incentives and exemptions which in many cases were poorly targeted or ineffective have prompted a bipartisan push in the Virginia General Assembly for greater disclosure and better accountability in the state tax code. Published January 25, 2012
A key Senate committee on Wednesday voted to repeal Virginia's law banning the purchase of more than one handgun a month, a longtime priority of gun-rights activists and a measure that now has the backing of Gov. Bob McDonnell. Published January 25, 2012
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II is asking the Virginia Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit filed over congressional redistricting, after a circuit court judge Tuesday refused to dismiss the case. Published January 25, 2012
A circuit court judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed over congressional redistricting in Virginia and shot down a key argument the state and the GOP have used to defend a map recently passed by the legislature. Published January 24, 2012
The Virginia General Assembly postponed a squabble over judicial appointments after a partisan standoff Tuesday in the state Senate threatened to shut down the upper chamber for up to three days. Published January 24, 2012
A Republican-controlled House committee Tuesday passed bills that would subject recipients of welfare benefits in Virginia to drug testing and repeal a mandate that girls receive vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Published January 24, 2012
House Republicans on Monday morning pre-emptively protested the Virginia Education Association and the Virginia PTA, touting their own education proposals that have been roundly denounced by the teachers' groups, which later gathered for their traditional "lobby day" at the Capitol. Published January 23, 2012
Steve Stuban's son, Nick, committed suicide last January in the wake of school disciplinary proceedings that Mr. Stuban said he found out about only after it was too late. Now Mr. Stuban, with the help of several Northern Virginia legislators, is pushing for an overhaul of the state's parental-notification policy to ensure that the same doesn't happen to other parents. Published January 23, 2012
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, in the first two years of his term, has restored the voting rights of more than 2,500 ex-convicts — putting the former prosecutor and state attorney general on pace to eclipse both of his Democratic predecessors. Published January 22, 2012
