WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned all sides Monday morning as they delved into the legislative intent behind Hampton Roads' congressional lines and wondered how much right elected officials have to pick their voters. The court heard 70 minutes of arguments in this long-running...
The redrawn 4th Congressional District looks a lot more like a Richmond seat than the South Hampton Roads-Southside district Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, has represented since 2001 – so maybe it’s no surprise that the only two candidates who’ve filed Federal Election Commission paperwork as...
Sen. Tim Kaine’s been brooding about the toxic talk about immigrants that’s erupted in this year’s presidential campaign, and this week took time to share his worries and hopes with the National Association of Hispanic Publishers & National Newspaper Publishers Association’s legislative conference....
Gov. Terry McAuliffe didn't wouldn't share his full opinion Friday on a bill to give parents veto authority over sexually explicit books in school, but his tone suggested a coming veto or amendment. "I think you're going to hear how I think on that particular issue very quickly," McAuliffe said...
The General Assembly voted to cap Virginia's bank franchise tax recently, which is the kind of thing that sounds interesting. Senate Bill 670 was non-controversial, though, passing nearly unanimously. It caps the annual franchise tax, initially, at $18 million per bank. According to the bill's...
Do the antics of the General Assembly and Governor ever feel a bit like fantasy football? As Virginians, let’s set aside the snark, then, and hail our first in the nation law that sets up a legal framework for fantasy sports. Although, the General Assembly once again balked at reining in the triple-digit...
In kicking off his campaign for Wisconsin's April 5 presidential primary, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas headed Wednesday to conservative Waukesha County for a talk with a conservative radio host. There's a reason for that. In a typical day here in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Republicans can spin their radio...
Bruce Weiss stewed after waiting 2½ hours in line outside a downtown Phoenix polling place, where juice drinks, snacks and circus animal cookies were handed out by citizens hoping to pacify thousands who turned out to cast ballots in Arizona's presidential primary. The scene was repeated Tuesday...
Voters preparing for the June 7 California primary shouldn't expect to see endless television campaign ads from Sen. Bernie Sanders for the next two and a half months. Sanders said Wednesday during a visit to Los Angeles that instead he is counting on a ground game of liberal organizations — including...
Crowds in the tens of thousands have been a hallmark of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, but the turnout hasn’t translated into the primary votes he needs to surge past Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. Sanders, who will rally Wednesday night in Los Angeles at the...
A few miles from Disneyland is a place most tourists never see. The signs along the thoroughfare suddenly switch to Arabic script advertising hookah shops, Middle Eastern sweets and halal meat. At a run-down strip mall in the neighborhood known as Little Arabia, flags from a half-dozen Muslim countries...
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday sought to position herself as the only candidate equipped to deal with international terrorism at a time her Republican rivals are calling for police monitoring of American Muslim communities, rethinking of America’s alliance with NATO and carpet bombing in the Middle...
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday that a six-week roundup of the country's fugitives has resulted in the arrest of over 8,000 people. The U.S. Marshals have been conducting "Operation Violence Reduction 12," scouring the country for people on the lam, and rounding up those specifically...
Virginia State Police continue their investigation into a deadly fire at a Middlesex County marina. On Wednesday, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller sent out an update on the investigation, stating a close examination of the damaged boats will be done to determine what caused the fire. "The...
A Newport News man was robbed after he and his mother agreed to give two men they didn't know a ride, according to police reports. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the man and his mother were at a 7-Eleven store on Jefferson Avenue when two men asked for a ride to a nearby apartment complex. ...
Newport News police have a man in custody who they allege robbed a city bank Wednesday morning. Around 2:15 p.m., investigators located the man and began interviewing him about a robbery at BayPort Credit Union in Newport News. If/when he is charged, his name will be released, police said. The...
No one made public comment during the second hearing for the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget for Hampton City Schools. There was no public made at the first hearing a week prior, either. Superintendent Jeffery Smith's original budget proposal, which was based on Gov. Terry McAuliffe's proposed...
William & Mary announced its Reeves Center for International Studies received a national award for global education. The Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization from NAFSA: Association of International Educators recognizes colleges and universities for making strides toward...
Isle of Wight Academy said it has disciplined three seniors who made a video for a school project using "blackface" to depict a black character. The private school, located across the street from Isle of Wight County's administrative offices, issued a statement Tuesday after talk of the video made...
Two William and Mary students studying abroad in Brussels are safe after a terrorist attack struck the city Tuesday morning. Both Christopher Newport University and Hampton University confirmed they did not have any students studying abroad in the city this semester. Suzanne Seurattan, director...
After scoring a legal victory over landowners and the support of Hampton Roads legislators, Dominion Energy announced Tuesday it's making "significant progress" as it moves forward on the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In a conference call with reporters, company president Diane Leopold...
A study released Monday on the monarch butterfly breaks some sobering news: possible extinction within two decades. The U.S. Geological Survey announced there's a "substantial chance" the popular monarch is doomed if long-term population declines continue. The population fell 84 percent between...
Tens of millions of monarch butterflies are stretching their wings, preparing for the long annual northern migration from their overwintering grounds in Mexico to breeding grounds ranging from the Midwest to the East Coast. Many will trickle into Hampton Roads by early June. But biologists and...
Hampton Roads and other threatened coastal communities have long been bracing for sea-level rise, struggling to figure out how to adapt. But a new study published Monday suggests that up to 70 percent of the coast from Virginia to the Canadian border is actually more likely to shift and change...