Updated: 5:25 PM Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Herring is looking into gifts to Governor McDonnell at the request of Attorney General Cuccinelli.
Updated: 5:23 PM The newly-selected Republican nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general are touring the state, and they came to speak to supporters in Albemarle County on Tuesday.
Updated: 6:44 PM Political experts say the ticket of candidates selected over the weekend by Republican delegates is the "most conservative in Virginia history."
Updated: 11:54 AM A judge will decide on Monday if Albemarle County supervisor Chris Dumler can stay in his post. Dumler will be in court to fight a petition filed earlier this year with 580 signatures pushing to oust him from office. Dumler pleaded guilty to a sex charge in January.
Posted: 10:32 PM Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.
Posted: 5:14 PM State Sen. Mark Obenshain has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Virginia 35 years after his father won the party's U.S. Senate nomination.
Posted: 3:42 PM A few dozen reproductive rights activists clad in pink T-shirts quietly picketed alongside Democrats in the rain outside the Virginia Republican Convention that nominated anti-abortion Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for governor.
Posted: 7:13 PM Virginia's Republican Convention began on Friday May 17 to chose candidates for Governor, Attorney General, and Lt. Governor. Candidates will be selected by Saturday, May 18.
Updated: 10:48 AM The Belmont-Carlton neighborhood association held a candidates forum for both City Council and Commonwealth's Attorney candidates running in the primary.
Posted: 5:44 PM A former University of Virginia professor endorsed a candidate for attorney general Monday while also taking stabs at the man currently in the post. Michael Mann calls Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit against him an assault on the scientific establishment.
Updated: 3:19 PM The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.
Updated: 5:48 PM Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell officially signed a new transportation plan on Monday that promises to raise $3 billion for Virginia roads.
Updated: 11:24 AM A Fluvanna County man formally announced his run Saturday morning for the board of supervisors. Tony O'Brien announced his candidacy for the Rivanna District seat on the board at the Lake Monticello clubhouse.
