What's happening today?

Without the Democrat-controlled Senate that has stopped it in years past, legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants in Virginia has begun its path through the General Assembly.

A huge crowd turns out for Senate panel hearing. Virginia will conduct a one-year study of a little-known practice called fox penning.

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.