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As a year of redistricting failure was ending, the Virginia Supreme Court handed Virginians what could be the state’s fairest legislative district maps ever drawn.

Hunting in Virginia used to be prohibited on Sundays. Then, a few years ago, lawmakers took action to allow hunting on private land on Sundays. Now they're about to consider allowing hunting on public land on Sundays, things like nature preserves or wildlife management areas.

More erosion of rural support could flip the House to the GOP and bolster a 2024 run by a Republican candidate like Trump who energizes rural voters.

Some Virginia Democrats want to codify abortion rights into state law in their final weeks in power. But several state senators do not want to upend their travel to Hawaii, Europe and Africa.

Many in the party want to seize what they see as a fleeting opportunity: protecting abortion rights by codifying them into state law. But "there are too many people out of town.”

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HOT SPRINGS — After years roaming the wilderness of electoral defeat, Republican activists from across Virginia showed new optimism at their annual post-election conference this weekend, saying they think their

HOT SPRINGS — Saying Republicans have turned Virginia red with an opportunity to keep it that way, Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin gave a punchy political speech to party faithful on Friday,

Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear awarded a total of $6,369,076 to two cities, one county and five water utilities in Bath and Clark counties for nine projects that will deliver clean drinking water and improve sewer and water infrastructure.