U.S. Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk visited the Richmond region Thursday to discuss trade issues with local businesses.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told the students at Washington and Lee University's Mock Convention on Thursday night that their generation will struggle in part because of the staggering federal debt.

House and Senate Democrats on Thursday unloaded on Republicans, accusing them of using their newly gained control of both chambers to shove through a social agenda.

They also support repeal of HPV requirement; pre-Labor Day school openings.

House and Senate Democrats this morning unloaded on Republicans, who now control both chambers, for pushing social legislation that has dominated much of the legislative session's first half.

A Senate subcommittee voted today to require local governments and school divisions to give pay raises to their employees and teachers to offset a requirement that workers contribute 5 percent of their pay toward their pensions.

Legislation would allow homeowners to use any degree of force, even lethal, against intruders without threat of criminal or civil charges.

Virginians and home borrowers in the state will receive about $479.6 million in relief from a $25 billion settlement over foreclosure abuses.

Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said Tuesday that he disagreed with a recent White House decision that would require health insurance plans to offer contraceptives to women for free, including those plans provided by Catholic employers or charities. Kaine was in Newport News on Tuesday speaking with a group of veterans gathered at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 176. "The Affordable Care Act requires coverage of women's preventive health care services and the decision that that would include FDA approved birth control. I'm a supporter of that," Kaine said. But he added, "It is important to respect religious doctrine.That's an incredibly important religious liberty principle and so you need to have a religious employer exemption that is broad." Kaine, who is a practicing Catholic, said...

A discussion among senators during a committee hearing on legislation that would change teacher's contracts grew testy today, prompting one incensed lawmaker to storm out of the meeting.