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.

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 Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Virginia Republicans are so optimistic they will win two new state Senate districts that they are setting their sites on other districts in the quest to capture a slim majority in the General Assembly‘s upper chamber.

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 — 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 — Gov. Bob McDonnell has been busy mining for dollars the past few months, and two of his top contributors are coal producers.