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Virginia a key state in Bloomberg’s Super Tuesday strategy

RICHMOND, Va. — If there is a state where Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is Virginia.
23:49 15 February 2022

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court

RICHMOND, Va. — After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the...
14:25 26 January 2022

Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully

RICHMOND, Va. — Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plan...
22:09 20 January 2022

A look at expected participants in Virginia gun rally

RICHMOND, V.a — State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia t...
13:45 19 January 2022

Gun-rights activists gear up for show of force in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's pi...
13:20 18 January 2022

Virginia’s highest court upholds weapons ban at gun rally

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's highest court on Friday upheld a ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally in the state's capital next week, an event that authori...
23:57 17 January 2022

Organizers appeal ban on arms at upcoming Virginia gun rally

RICHMOND, Va. — A gun-rights group filed an emergency appeal late Thursday of a judge's ruling upholding a ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally expected...
3:29 17 January 2022

Top issues in the 2020 Virginia legislative session

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers are kicking off a 60-day legislative session with Democrats in full control for the first time in more than two dec...
6:14 8 January 2022

Bloomberg, Northam push back on gun law ‘misinformation’

RICHMOND, Va. — Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg voiced strong support Tuesday for enacting new gun regulations in Virginia a few mon...
19:03 7 January 2022

All bets are on? Virginia weighs legalizing casinos

RICHMOND, Va. — Casinos could be coming soon to Virginia, but a brawl over just how many, where they would go, and who would run them is on tap first.
16:26 2 January 2022

Southwest Virginia river the star of new state park

RICHMOND, Va. — As much of central Appalachia looks to reinvent itself amid the decline of coal, community leaders in southwest Virginia say they are ...
14:10 28 December 2022

Panel calls for Virginia to purge dozens of old racist laws

RICHMOND, Va. — A commission assigned to research racist laws from Virginia's past recommended Thursday that dozens of them be repealed, including mea...
19:19 5 December 2021

Democrats’ wins could help bring down Confederate statues

RICHMOND, Va. — An army of Confederate monuments dots Virginia's landscape but some of those statues could soon start coming down after Election Day g...
15:33 12 November 2021

Democrats promise swift action after win in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democrats are promising swift action on a host of liberal policy proposals now that they've taken control of the statehouse f...
5:38 6 November 2021

The Latest: Democrats win control of Virginia statehouse

RICHMOND, Va. — The Latest on Virginia's legislative elections (all times local):
3:00 6 November 2021

Virginia legislative elections test anti-Trump sentiment

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians are deciding Tuesday which party should control the statehouse in a widely watched contest that will test how voters feel a...
19:47 5 November 2021

Altria takes a $4.5 billion hit on Juul amid vaping backlash

WASHINGTON — Marlboro-maker Altria is taking a big financial hit from its multibillion-dollar bet on e-cigarettes.
22:13 31 October 2021