Category Archives: Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The wife of Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges, the Justice Department said.Emma Corone...

GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) - A school board in Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its transgender bathroom ban after rulings by lower courts that the policy is unconstitutional and had disc...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A bill that aims to reduce carbon pollution in part by getting more zero-emissions vehicles on the road cleared a key hurdle in the Virginia Senate on Friday.The measure, consider...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A judge ruled against GOP candidate for governor Amanda Chase on Friday in her lawsuit over the state Republican party's unsettled plans for this year's nominating contest.The rul...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans hoping to break a 12-year losing streak in statewide elections face an additional self-imposed obstacle this year: They still have no idea how they'll cho...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police officials told congressional leaders the razor-wire topped fencing around the Capitol should remain in place for several more months as law enforcement continues ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, D, expects 98% of all relief payments to be processed and in eligible people's bank accounts as early as Friday.He said 266,985 electronic pa...

After Maryland Democrats successfully pushed through a multi-billion dollar education reform bill last week, one Republican lawmaker has proposed pandemic-related education legislation of her own.HB09...

RICHMOND. Va. (AP) - Virginia House Democrats unveiled legislation Monday morning that would require public school districts to offer at least some access to in-person learning by the 2021-2022 school...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state agency that handles unemployment insurance in Virginia estimates it has paid out more than $40 million in benefits to individuals who submitted claims on behalf of inmat...