RICHMOND, Va. — Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected Black governor, marked his 95th birthday over the weekend with a public art exhibit and auction benefiting ...

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who was accused by a student earlier this year of sexual harassment, will remain employed by Virginia Commonwealth University for another year. The university ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder got a birthday shoutout during Gov. Abigail Spanberger's inauguration speech on Saturday. Wilder made history in 1990 as the first African ...

Douglas Wilder of Richmond narrowly beat Marshal Coleman to become not only the first Black governor of Virginia, but also the first Black governor in the United States. Two years later, he was a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder is suing Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) president Michael Rao and one other VCU employee after they investigated claims that ...

Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder says the current tenor of the 2025 statewide campaigns underscores "an urgent need" for party leaders on both sides of the aisle to bring back political decorum. In a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — To celebrate former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder’s birthday, an art exhibit featuring paintings created by the governor was held on Sunday afternoon. On Jan. 18, from 3 to 6 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is pushing back against sexual harassment allegations made by a student six decades his junior. Wilder thanked his supporters and called the ...

As governor from 1990 until 1994, the maverick Democrat — whose approval rating at midterm plunged in the Commonwealth Poll to a record low 22 percent — balanced a recession-wracked budget without ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An investigation has found that former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder did kiss a university student 66 years younger than he is without her consent. But The Washington Post ...