By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Delegate Bob Marshall's attempt to prohibit the use of foreign law in Virginia court decisions is drawing the ire of at least some religious and civil liberties groups.

By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Delegate Joe Morrissey, D-Henrico County, called a Republican adoption policy proposal “highly discriminatory, mean and cruel.”

By Bill McMorris / Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — A former University of Virginia professor at the center of the “Climategate” controversy is making a last-minute effort to block a conservative group’s open records request into his email account.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — How long former Delegate Phil Hamilton would spend in a federal prison came down to whether his years of public service should count in his favor or work against him.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News   RICHMOND — Virginia’s Capitol is beginning to feel a bit like Capitol Hill, as Republican and Democratic legislators remain at an impasse over how to draw new congressional voting districts with no compromise in sight.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News   RICHMOND — Despite months of political wrangling, in a single afternoon, legislators greatly diversified the Virginia Supreme Court by adding more women, including the first black woman to sit on the court.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News   RICHMOND – Lawmakers are returning Friday to Richmond to vote on judicial appointments, less than a week after Gov. Bob McDonnell chastised the Legislature in a letter for failing to appoint two new state Supreme Court judges.

By Amanda Iacone Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Virginia is tracking to meet or beat revenue projections as the end of the fiscal year nears but much of the extra money is already spoken for as the state works to pay down some debt.

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 officials are wrestling with how to fund charities with tax dollars as they develop criteria to weed through hundreds of nonprofits current receiving state funding.