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The House Appropriations Committee on Sunday will consider a proposed two-year budget that includes extending Medicaid coverage to more than 300,000 uninsured Virginians under the Affordable Care Act and using the savings to pay for a blockbuster higher education initiative in Northern Virginia, a big infusion of cash into K-12 and early childhood ... (more)
Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee hope to have public findings on improving election security before primary contests get underway. That's what Intelligence Chairman Richard M. Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, and Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat said in wrapping up the open portion of the annual hearing on "Worldwide Threats."
Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving met in high school and fell in love in Caroline County in the 1950s. They decided to marry when Mildred became pregnant at 18. At the time, they couldn't wed in Virginia: Mildred was of African American and Indian descent, Richard was white and the state prohibited interracial marriages.
Has the art of governing actually returned to the halls of Thomas Jefferson's state Capitol in Richmond? There are early signs, thankfully, that sanity is creeping back into the relationship between Virginia's governor and the General Assembly, and we couldn't be more pleased.
House Republicans have launched their first salvo of the coming political battle over funding to repair the Washington-area Metro system, offering a plan on Thursday that would cover about two-thirds of Virginia's share of the estimated annual cost to restore the deteriorated transit system over the next decade.
Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit Wednesday to a truck dealership in West Virginia, touting the tax cuts enacted by the Republican-controlled Congress while slamming the state's Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who voted against the plan. Manchin faces re-election this year.
"The vice president's comments are exactly why Washington sucks. I'm disappointed in his comments but will continue to work to make Washington work so West Virginia and our country work," Manchin said in a statement.
The Latest on the accident involving a train carrying lawmakers to a policy retreat in West Virginia : Staff members say Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota has been taken to a hospital after being injured in a train accident in Virginia. Members of his staff tweeted that the first-term congressman was being checked for a possible concussion after the Wednesday crash.
Republicans in the Virginia Senate on Thursday tabled legislation that would have expanded Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of lower-income residents of Virginia. Voting along party lines, the Senate Education and Health Committee indefinitely postponed action on the proposal.
A coalition of community and environmental groups has filed a legal challenge to Virginia regulators' decision to grant a conditional water quality permit for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The groups filed a petition Thursday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond contesting the Virginia State Water Control Board's December approval of a water quality certification.
A West Virginia man whose son was killed in the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades says a former coal executive's candidacy for U.S. Senate has brought up some bitter memories for his family. Robert Atkins' 25-year-old son, Jason Atkins, died in the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 men in southern West Virginia.
Although the General Assembly remains in Republican control, members say they look forward to working together in a bipartisan manner to get legislation passed. "With 51 votes for Republicans and 49 for the Democratic party, obviously neither side is going to be able to achieve anything unless we have bipartisan support ," says Delegate Steve Landes.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who rode a wave of voter unhappiness with President Donald Trump to electoral victory, took the oath of office Saturday with a pledge to make politics less toxic and more productive. Speaking to a crowd gathered in dreary, cold weather on the south portico of the state Capitol, Northam took veiled shots at the president while promising to govern with a "moral compass."
Ralph Northam greets people as he makes his way to the inaugural platform before taking the oath of the office Saturday at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Ralph Northam greets people as he makes his way to the inaugural platform before taking the oath of the office Saturday at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill granting federal recognition to six American Indian tribes in Virginia, a move that makes the tribes eligible for federal money for education, housing and health care. The bill will now be sent to the president's desk.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe , once best known as a top Democratic money man and close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, reinvented his image during a largely successful four-year term that saw him tirelessly market the state, make major transportation deals and restore more voting rights than any other governor in the country. The fundraiser-turned-administrator, who leaves office on Saturday when his four-year term is up, is frequently mentioned as a potential 2020 presidential contender.
Republicans in Virginia's House began the session Wednesday with a 51-49 majority after winning a two-month recount battle in one district and staving off legal actions from voters in another. The House of Delegates seated two Republicans after a federal appeals court in Richmond refused to halt the swearing-in of Republican Bob Thomas, and Democrat Shelly Simonds conceded a hotly contested race against Republican incumbent David Yancey.
A freshman Republican congressman from Virginia has announced his opposition to oil drilling off the coast of his district, breaking with President Donald Trump and the rest of Virginia's Republican congressional delegation. Rep. Scott Taylor told The Washington Post on Monday that offshore drilling is opposed by coastal communities and industries in his district, and could interfere with military training.
Virginia Governor-elect Ralph Northam joined the congregation at a church in Charlottesville for Sunday services to spread a message of unity as he prepares to take office in just a few days. Northam spoke briefly to the crowd at First Baptist Church on Sunday, January 7, covering three important issues he plans to take on as governor.