By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Child-placement agencies, such as Lutheran Family Services and Catholic Family Services, are asking Virginia lawmakers to ensure adoption workers can use religious and moral discretion when placing children.

By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Tara Schleifer said she thinks women have the right to choose, and she worries that Virginia is taking that right away.

  By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Critics of legislation that would tighten Virginia's drunken driving laws say the planwill do little to make the state's roads safer.

By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News   RICHMOND — As Virginia Republicans grabbed the reins in the state Senate on Wednesday, a coalition of progressive interest groups geared up to fight against expected conservative policy shifts. "There is obviously a different makeup of the General Assembly this year, and I think everybody here recognizes [...]

By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — If Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell wants a more prominent role in national politics, he might fare best if Democrats rule the state Senate.

By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — With the concessions of Democrats Roscoe Reynolds and Edd Houck, Virginia Republicans now have control over all branches of government.

By Amanda Iacone / Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND – Republicans declared themselves a majority in the Senate and with it comes total control of Virginia government – a day after the polls closed.

Staff Reports | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Republicans appeared to have taken control of the Virginia Senate on Tuesday, but their razor thin majority rests on 86 votes and may not be settled until a lengthy recount is concluded.

By Peter J. Smith | Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — Virginia Democrats are in the fight of their lives for control of the state Senate, caught between Gov. Bob McDonnell’s money machine and President Barack Obama’s unpopularity, but low turnout could be even more damaging to their slim Senate majority.

By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Groups for and against uranium mining in Virginia are funneling money to General Assembly candidates in advance of a possible debate on overturning the 30-year-old ban.