Category Archives: Local News

GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) - A school board in Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its transgender bathroom ban after rulings by lower courts that the policy is unconstitutional and had disc...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A bill that aims to reduce carbon pollution in part by getting more zero-emissions vehicles on the road cleared a key hurdle in the Virginia Senate on Friday. The measure, conside...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A judge ruled against GOP candidate for governor Amanda Chase on Friday in her lawsuit over the state Republican party's unsettled plans for this year's nominating contest. The ru...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's first-in-the-nation law taxing digital advertising by Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google is being challenged in federal court as "a punitive assault" on digit...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans hoping to break a 12-year losing streak in statewide elections face an additional self-imposed obstacle this year: They still have no idea how they'll cho...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police officials told congressional leaders the razor-wire topped fencing around the Capitol should remain in place for several more months as law enforcement continues ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The number of coronavirus vaccine shots that have been given in Virginia is ticking up, but the state is still falling short of its desired inoculation rate because too few vaccin...

Drug and alcohol related fatalities in Maryland have increased since the pandemic, and minority communities were hit the hardest, according to a recent report. Between January and September of 2020, t...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, D, expects 98% of all relief payments to be processed and in eligible people's bank accounts as early as Friday.He said 266,985 electronic pa...

After Maryland Democrats successfully pushed through a multi-billion dollar education reform bill last week, one Republican lawmaker has proposed pandemic-related education legislation of her own.HB09...