Virginians started the “Blue Wave” rolling, but on Tuesday they once again proved they won’t be pigeon-holed as primary voters in the state’s affluent and highly educated Washington suburbs delivered a victory for Corey Stewart, a flame-throwing Trumper with a passion for battle flags and other symbols of the Confederacy.
Read moreFive states held primary elections Tuesday, with two key GOP races marked by the candidates’ willingness to follow President Donald Trump’s policies.
Read moreIt was a photo finish, but firebrand conservative Corey Stewart has won his first state-wide primary and has become Virginia’s Republican candidate for Senate against incumbent Tim Kaine in this year’s midterm election.
Read moreVirginians are going to the polls Tuesday to cast votes in state and congressional primary races. The state is home to at least three districts considered to be “flippable” in the November midterm election, and a statewide GOP-primary will decide who will face incumbent Democratic senator and former vice president candidate Tim Kaine.
Read moreWith only a few days until Virginians return to the polls, and only eight months after democrats flipped 15 seats in the state legislature, helping coin the term “blue wave,” the congressional primary elections this Tuesday will offer several chances to test the Trump administration as well as democrats’ energy going into the 2018 midterms.
Read morePolice in Virginia have arrested a soldier they say stole an armored personnel carrier from the nearby Fort Pickett National Guard base and proceeded to lead them on a chase that extended for more than 60 miles.
Read moreFamilies living near the construction of a controversial gas pipeline project in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley claim in court that massive mudslides that followed a four-day downpour prove the clearing of land and trees for the work is endangering their properties and livelihoods.
Read moreVirginia’s tourism authority is suing a local online gun parts and accessories retailer for using an altered version of the state’s “Virginia is for lovers” slogan.
Read moreA police officer who pulled the tarp off a parked motorcycle to verify that it was stolen should have first gotten a warrant, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge tossed a pair of lawsuits on Wednesday that sought to block the extension of miles of power lines in coastal Virginia.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a case Monday where Virginia has barred mining companies from exploiting the country’s largest known uranium deposit.
Read moreA doctor who says he is bound by the teachings of Jesus Christ to provide care for the sick, claims in court the U.S. Forest Service violated his right to religious freedom by refusing him access to a woman who has been sitting in a tree protesting the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Read moreIs a university responsible for anonymous online threats made against its students? That’s what a group of University of Mary Washington students is hoping to find out after taking their argument to the Fourth Circuit Tuesday.
Read moreA Virginia State Senator sued the National Forest Service Wednesday claiming officials are unlawfully blocking access to blocking access to a road where a group of protesters are demonstrating against a gas pipeline project.
Read moreVirginia’s highest court on Thursday revived a challenge to police storage of data collected by automated license plate readers.
Read moreRep. Donald McEachin, D-Va., joined clean-water advocates on Friday for a boat tour of Virginia’s James River to discuss their concerns over an Environmental Protection Agency plan to roll back regulations governing the safe disposal of coal ash.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Friday that the Republican Party of Virginia has a right to bar individuals from voting at its meetings or conventions who have supported nonparty candidates.
Read moreFormer Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Tuesday, made another attempt have criminal charges brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller thrown out by a federal court — but this time the request was filed in Virginia, where he is scheduled to stand trial in July.
Read moreIn a seven-page motion filed Monday in the federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, Andrew Weissmann, senior assistant to special counsel Mueller, asked U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III to a approve a proposed protective order intended to “ensure the confidentiality of personal identification information and discovery.”
Read moreThe family of a Virginia woman who was shot and killed by police in 2016 while brandishing a toy gun sued the city and the officers for $16 million claiming more should have been done to resolve the confrontation peacefully.
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