Virginia Democrats want to eliminate four Republican-held congressional seats. On a percentage basis, that’s higher than any ...

The map shows most of Southwest Virginia drawn into the 9th District, which would likely be the last remaining Republican stronghold out of the state’s 11 districts.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed enabling legislation to set the dates for referendums on four congressional amendments on Friday, including the mid-decade redistricting effort. Dem ...

He designed information technology systems for the military but always called himself a farmer. He died this week at age 83.

The more serious (and potentially threatening) VMI bill has been HB 1377, by Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax County, which, as originally introduced, would have set up a task force to study, among other ...

This won’t affect the almost two dozen agencies in Southside and Southwest Virginia that have entered into agreements with ICE.

Virginia Democrats may have just delivered a master class on why 66.1% of Virginians voted in 2020 to take the power of redistricting out of the hands of state legislators. The majority party in the ...

I share Mayor Joe Cobb’s commitment to exploring bold ideas for Roanoke’s future. His opinion piece on the proposed entertainment district at Center reflects genu ...

Overall, the theme seems to be taxing upper-income earners more and then using that money either for programs that benefit lower-income earners or for tax breaks aimed at specific groups.

The Roanoke author, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in the 6th District, called on legislators to “stop the bickering, back-scratching and politicking.” ...

For a party that says it’s drawing new lines to create “fair elections,” it seems curious that Democrats are slighting some of the candidates already in the field to create districts that ...