Category Archives: Local News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers on Tuesday reelected Dereck Davis to be the state's treasurer for a four-year term.The treasurer, who is elected by the General Assembly, is the principal cust...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A special election has been set for March 28 to fill the vacancy in the Virginia Senate created by Richmond Democrat Jennifer McClellan's election to the U.S. House of Repres...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Detectives in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot his teacher have finished their criminal investigation and turned it over to the local prosecutor's office fo...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will...

DALLAS (AP) - Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutor...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A bipartisan group of Maryland lawmakers on Friday gathered to express their support for a package of legislation to modernize and improve access to mental health services in the...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A top Virginia Department of Health official has been tapped to lead agency operations for now, after Senate Democrats effectively ousted the former health commissioner, Dr. Colin...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland officials are preparing for as many as 80,000 residents who could no longer qualify for Medicaid coverage this spring, as the federal government reinstates a requirement...

BALTIMORE (AP) - A Maryland woman conspired with a Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Monday.The arrest of Sarah Bet...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Dominion Energy's ongoing push for yet another year of legislative tinkering with the way its rates are regulated took a surprise turn this week, when a Virginia House committee w...