McDonnell, First Responders Tout New Laws
Posted: 11:33 AM Gov. Bob McDonnell, law enforcement officers and other first responders are touting 20 laws that took effect earlier this month that they say will make it easier for them to do their jobs.
Posted: 11:33 AM Gov. Bob McDonnell, law enforcement officers and other first responders are touting 20 laws that took effect earlier this month that they say will make it easier for them to do their jobs.
Updated: 7:52 PM Ahead of First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to Charlottesville on Friday, the local campaign headquarters is making sure everybody who wants tickets to the rally knows how to get them.
Posted: 2:27 PM Abortion rights supporters have created a website to call attention to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's refusal to certify new abortion clinic regulations.
Posted: 10:49 AM The White House insists that the missing kiss was no diss.
Posted: 1:25 PM Candidate for Congress John Douglass was in Charlottesville Monday as part of a swing through the 5th District.
Updated: 10:52 PM First Lady Michelle Obama will pick up where her husband left off in Virginia with campaign stops scheduled in Charlottesville and Fredericksburg on Friday.
Posted: 4:41 PM The political atmosphere is heating up in Albemarle County as 5th District Democratic challenger John Douglass has formally opened his campaign office. The campaign for the 5th District seat in the U.S. House is shaping up to be a tough fight.
Posted: 4:10 PM The Republican-led House has voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. But the election-year move stands no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Posted: 3:13 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell is telling legislators that Virginia policymakers need more answers from President Barack Obama's administration about Medicaid before formulating a response to the June U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the federal health reform law.
Updated: 11:47 AM President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic party raised $71 million in June, well below the $106 million hauled in by rival Mitt Romney and the Republican party during the same period.
Posted: 4:17 PM Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign set up shop in Albemarle County Saturday as part of a statewide grassroots effort for the Republican to gain ground in a major swing state.
Updated: 4:41 PM President Barack Obama will campaign next Friday and Saturday in Hampton, Virginia Beach and Roanoke on a campaign swing across the battleground state.
Posted: 12:57 PM President Barack Obama has told an Ohio campaign crowd that he's betting they won't lose heart or interest in the November election despite political stalemates. He says the outcome will determine the nation's economic future for the next 10 to 20 years.
Posted: 10:12 AM A Roanoke man has sued a fitness club after it sold him a family membership, then revoked it after realizing that his family consisted of two fathers and a son.
Posted: 11:49 AM The Supreme Court has turned down media companies' plea to lift a prohibition on owning both a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
Updated: 2:49 PM President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his health care overhaul is a "victory for people all over the country" and will make their lives more secure.
Posted: 11:56 AM Congressman Robert Hurt (R) released the following statement after the Supreme Court rendered its decision upholding the President’s health care law
Posted: 11:11 AM Following the Supreme Court’s decision affirming the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, former Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine released the following statement.
Posted: 11:05 AM George Allen released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision on President Obama's health care law.
Updated: 11:25 AM Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement today following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Updated: 7:08 PM Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli shared his views on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding the key provision of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Updated: 11:55 AM Virginia has lost its bid to have state troopers enforce federal immigration law.
Posted: 6:21 PM Virginia police chiefs and their counterparts across the nation asked the two candidates in the state's marquee Senate showdown to detail their positions on tougher federal laws on gun buyer background checks.
Posted: 10:48 AM A Salem heavy equipment company is preparing for a campaign visit from Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
Posted: 10:52 AM President Barack Obama is headed to rival Mitt Romney's backyard, holding campaign events in New Hampshire and Romney's home state of Massachusetts on the start of what is expected to be a notable week for the 2012 campaign.