By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Candidates running for the General Assembly in Nov. 8′s election are steering clear of talking about Virginia‘s underfunded public pension system.

By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND – Toll companies are donating to political campaigns this elections season hoping to take advantage of $1.5 billion in public-private investments for roads, bridges and tunnels.

By Peter J. Smith | Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — The two former governors running for U.S. Senate in Virginia know the lay of the land: They can stump, glad hand and drop their g’s with the best.

By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Prince William County voter Yvonne Morehouse says she wants some diversity among state leadership.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Despite suggestions that Gov. Bob McDonnell is on a short list of vice-presidential candidates, the governor says he plans to stay around the Capitol for the remainder of his four-year term.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News   RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell has been busy mining for dollars the past few months, and two of his top contributors are coal producers.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Republicans are on the offensive this election year, fielding more candidates than Democrats in the battle for control of the Virginia Senate.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — State district lines that will be used for the upcoming fall General Assembly elections have been set.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Fundraising, meeting new voters and facing a swing district are hurdles freshman lawmaker Luke Torian faces in his fight to keep his seat in the House of Delegates.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — State lawmakers have placed their hopes in a committee to hammer out their differences over the boundaries for the state’s congressional districts.