Mamie E. Locke

In rankings of all 140 General Assembly members released this week by the conservative, pro-life Family Foundation Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, received the lowest score of any senator and Del. Brenda Pogge, R-James City County, was the only local...

In rankings of all 140 General Assembly membersreleased this week by the conservative, pro-life Family Foundation Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, received the lowest score of any senator and Del. Brenda Pogge, R-James City County, as the only local...

HAMPTON — Del. Chris Jones has placed himself in an unlikely role: Defender of Fort Monroe. In the past six months, the Suffolk Republican has introduced legislation and sought an attorney general's opinion concerning Fort Monroe. In both...

From trips to France to study uranium mining to various meals and tickets to the circus, the 13 local General Assembly members reported receiving a combined $75,184 worth of gifts over the past three years. Gov. Bob McDonnell, who has come under fire...

HAMPTON — As Fort Monroe continues evolving from an Army base to a public attraction, a protracted debate has begun between the Fort Monroe Authority and City Hall over how much the state should pay for services the city provides on the fort...

A group of 12 Democratic lawmakers in the General Assembly sent Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli a letter Friday asking him to resign as attorney general as he runs for governor as the presumptive Republican nominee. The Senators and Delegates reminded...

RICHMOND – Women would have to undergo an ultrasound and be offered the results of that procedure before they receive an abortion in Virginia under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate Education and Health Committee. As a part of the state's...

A Republican-authored congressional redistricting bill that has divided black legislative Democrats has won final House passage.  Friday's vote took just seconds. The bill heads now to a Senate newly under GOP rule. The bill provides for only one...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's Senate has passed a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting plan that would expand the number of minority influence districts from just one of 11 districts to two. The 22-15 party-line vote sets up a conflict...

One Hundred and fifty years after the first shots of the Civil War, there's a looming battle over race in Virginia with the potential to turn ugly. The Republican-controlled House of Delegates and the Democrat-led Senate are already at odds over how to...

State lawmakers turned their focus to the boundaries of Virginia's 11 congressional districts briefly Tuesday before heading home for a nearly two-week break. The House of Delegates passed maps put forward by Del. Bill Janis, R-Henrico, early Tuesday,...