Virginia Government News

The nor'easter that blew through Hampton Roads is gone, but charities are still feeling the effects.

Virginia reports recycling rate of 38.5 percent in 2008. Recent figures from the Commonwealth of Virginia find that the recycling rate in the state held firm last year.

Triumph for Gov. Tim Kaine: Smoking is banned in most restaurants and bars in the Commonwealth starting December 1. It's an amazing victory for Virginia non-puffers in this state famous for those amazing tobacco auctions where auctioneers for decades held the house spellbound when they spewed a semi-intelligible auction yodel -- with the punch ...

AAA estimates that 1.5 million Virginians will travel 50 miles or more during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to a news release from the Virginia Trucking Association.

A senior from the College of William and Mary has been crowned Miss Virginia USA 2010.

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and first lady Anne Holton stood outside the Executive Mansion today to preside over a Thanksgiving tradition that dates to the late 1600s - Virginia's Indian tribes paying tribute to the governor with an offering of wild game.

One indicator of how far the economy has recovered will be how many Americans travel this holiday season.

A Tazewell dentist pleaded guilty Tuesday to writing bogus prescriptions for hydrocodone to feed his own addiction for more than a decade.

Virginia health officials are urging people to be especially vigilant in protecting themselves and others against the H1N1 flu this Thanksgiving.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who leaves office in January, today encouraged people with nonviolent felony convictions who have paid their debt to society to apply to have their voting rights restored.

The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for charities, both in services rendered and in donations taken.

The results stayed the same, but the turnout grew after a certification of the Nov.

A nonprofit group has until Dec. 3 to identify the source of voter information it planned to use in a mass mailing to 350,000 Virginia households.

AAA expects more Virginians on the highways this Thanksgiving weekend. The auto club says about 1.5 million Virginians are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home.

Virginia's fiscal picture remained dim, as a panel of state legislators and business leaders got another look at prospects for the state's upcoming budget.

The Virginia Department of Health says about one-third of the homicides that occurred in the state between 1999 and 2007 were domestic-related. In a report released Monday, the agency says males were more likely to die in what it called the "crossfire" of intimate partner violence.

Deer present one of the most dangerous road conditions for drivers on WV's roadways.

Solar power is one of the leading players in field of alternative energy, but as with any new or growing technology the cost is typically very high.

West Virginia has a 'horror' flick image that it frankly shares with Texas, the Lone Star State.

AAA Mid-Atlantic expects more Virginians on the highways this Thanksgiving weekend.