The Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee voted Monday to stonewall legislation that would have overturned the Virginia mandate requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before terminating a pregnancy.
The Virginia Senate approved legislation Friday to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer state employees from workplace discrimination by a vote of 24-16.
The Virginia Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections passed a resolution Tuesday proposing a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to those convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed payments and any other sentences.
Several pieces of gun ownership legislation were met with mostly negative reviews in Virginia’s House of Delegates and State Senate last week.
Virginia Senate Republicans pushed through a controversial redistricting measure Monday during the presidential inauguration, which would create a district in the Richmond area of primarily African American voters.
The University announced Thursday that former U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) will deliver the commencement address at the 184th Final Exercises May 19.
New fundraising numbers and a pair of polls on the Virginia gubernatorial race released in the last two weeks show a tight contest between presumed candidates Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and former Democratic National Committee Chair Terry McAuliffe.
In-state enrollment must increase by nearly 42,000 within seven years in Virginia’s public and private colleges to meet the commonwealth’s higher-education goals, according to a report by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Gov. Bob McDonnell’s reappointment of Rector Helen Dragas came one step closer to approval Tuesday when the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted 12-3 in support of her nomination.
A subcommittee in the Virginia House of Delegates Monday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed nonviolent felons to automatically have their right to vote restored after serving their sentences.
Student Council’s Legislative Affairs committee traveled to Richmond Monday morning to meet with Virginia legislators about issues important to the University.
The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided Liberty University can challenge the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s provisions mandating employers provide health insurance for workers and requiring health plans to offer abortion coverage without copay.
Rock band Metallica has helped raise $17,000 for the Morgan Harrington Scholarship Fund since it partnered with the Virginia Tech bookstore in October to allow the school to sell “Enter Sandman” shirts. Former Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington went missing in Oct.
President Barack Obama this week approved Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s request for federal disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration to reimburse 28 counties and cities in Virginia following the damaging effects of Hurricane Sandy.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced Wednesday morning he was dropping out of the 2013 Republican race for Virginia governor.
The Virginia Department of Transportation held a public forum Tuesday evening to hear community comments about proposed improvements to the U.S.
The University’s College at Wise suspended junior football player Melquan Huntley Tuesday after he was charged with shooting a woman in the head last week.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will likely not call a special session of the Virginia General Assembly to formulate a state-based health insurance exchange despite requests from state legislators.
The Darden School was the first stop in Startup Virginia’s six-city tour across the state Monday afternoon, drawing a crowd eager to discuss Charlottesville’s future plans to create what entrepreneurial enthusiasts called “strong startup ecosystems.”
A recent analysis by Virginia Commonwealth University Prof. Thomas R. Baker shows that selling more guns does not necessarily equal more crime. At the request of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Baker studied Virginia state crime data and gun-dealer sales estimates from 2006 to 2011.
