Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, said yesterday that he wants to improve ethics procedures that caused an investigation of former Del.... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who leaves office in January, today encouraged people with nonviolent felony convictions who have paid their debt to society to... Richmond Times-Dispatch

On Saturday, the day the U.S. Senate voted to move health-care legislation to the floor, Sen. Jim Webb’s office received 1,200 calls at the front... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The results stayed the same, but the turnout grew after a certification of the Nov. 3 elections by the State Board of Elections yesterday. A total of 2,168,574... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Facing a projected budget gap of as much as $3.5 billion, there is no doubt that the two-year spending plan being prepared by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The results stayed the same but the turnout grew after a certification of the Nov. 3 elections by the State Board of Elections yesterday. A total of 2,168,574... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The state of working Virginia is not good, according to a report released today by the Commonwealth Institute of Fiscal Analysis. Virginia has lost more... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Governor’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates convened this morning with a cautionary tone by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who said there are still... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is scheduled to meet privately this afternoon with Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell at the Patrick Henry Building, according to senior staff... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Public schools may not look the same next fall, two months after Virginia begins a new budget year. Class sizes could grow as large as state law allows.... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Both of Virginia’s U.S. senators say they will vote to allow debate on the Senate version of health-care overhaul legislation, but neither has committed... Richmond Times-Dispatch

More than 100 people gathered outside the downtown Richmond offices of Sens. Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today to protest the proposed health care plans... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Sen. Mark Warner said he wants to see more cost containment in the Senate’s health care bill before he can support it. The Senate version is better... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Local governments aren’t likely to escape the pain when the General Assembly attempts to eliminate an estimated $3.5 billion hole in the next two-year... Richmond Times-Dispatch

In a meeting yesterday with the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s editorial board, Kaine voiced concerns that lawmakers confronted with the tough budget... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The cost of retiree health care is turning into a hot-button issue for state legislators and local officials, who will learn today how much more local... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia and its localities should stop building more prisons and jails because a decade-long building program has led to undercrowding, a state budget... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed from the Virginia House of Delegates documents related to former Del. Phillip A. Hamilton’s job at Old Dominion... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia has more than enough jail and prison space and can stop its prison building binge, the House Appropriations Committee was told today. Paul.Van... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Possibly as remarkable as the political pairing in support of a tax-code change to renovate old schools is the range of good it would do, former Gov. and... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Loss of $300 million would be in addition to $1.3 billion revenue shortage predicted in August, state legislators were told. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Sheila Johnson, the Democratic businesswoman who endorsed Republican Bob McDonnell in the governor’s race this year will serve as one his inaugural... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The state of Virginia, which already has had to cut $6 billion from the two-year budget ending June 30, 2010, may have to cut $250 million to $300 million,... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Virginia House of Delegates’ Democratic and Republican caucuses each elected their leadership for the 2010 General Assembly session during the... Richmond Times-Dispatch

State and local officials are bracing for another round of bad news from Virginia budget analysts today, as the House Appropriations Committee opens a... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Del. Phillip A. Hamilton, R-Newport News, under an ethics cloud and defeated for re-election, has resigned from the House of Delegates seat he has held... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Del. Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, resigned his seat in the House of Delegates at midnight today. Hamilton, under an ethics cloud, was defeated in... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Virginia House of Delegates’ Democratic caucus has elected new leadership for the 2010 General Assembly session. In a weekend vote, Democrats... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell worries that a national health-care overhaul that includes a public option would lead to diminished access to quality care and... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The day before the Nov. 3 election, Bob McDonnell’s campaign paid Google about $39,000 to saturate computers in Virginia and Washington with banner... Richmond Times-Dispatch