WASHINGTON - All 211 of Florida’s Democratic presidential delegates will be seated at the party’s national convention, but with only half of their voting strength, a Democratic Party panel ruled Saturday.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Governor Tim Kaine has put his signature to legislation intended to improve Virginia’s foster care system. 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The attorney general said Friday he will seek a full hearing before a federal appeals court on a Virginia law banning a form of late-term abortion ruled unconstitutional by a three-judge panel. 

In the run-up to next month’s General Assembly session, Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on transportation — literally and figuratively.

Politicians talk a lot about transportation, but Virginians are mostly focused on education and jobs.

WASHINGTON- The Iraq war has become a bone of contention among the four Democrats who want to succeed Rep. Tom Davis III in the 11th district, representing Fairfax and Prince William Counties.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Barring intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court or Governor Tim Kaine, a Broadnax man is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a Brunswick County convenience store owner. 

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP)—President Bush paid tribute Monday to America’s fighting men and women who died in battle, saying national leaders must have “the courage and character to follow their lead” in preserving peace and freedom.

TAMPA — On an October night 145 years ago, the Kate Dale, a sleek sloop made of live oak and pine, lay at anchor beneath the cypress trees in the Hillsborough River just north of what is now Lowry Park, its hold full of cotton for a stealthy voyage to Cuba.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Sen. John Warner is joining another lawmaker asking the federal government to conserve fuel as gas prices rise. 

WASHINGTON - Transitional health care for members of the military who join the reserves moved a step closer to reality Thursday with passage in the House of a defense spending bill.

WASHINGTON—Just a Memorial Day weekend barbecue?

Or an early grilling by Sen. John McCain and campaign aides of potential vice presidential running mates?

U.S. military deserters are costing taxpayers a lot of money, according to military officials.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Rising gas prices aren’t expected to keep Virginians entirely off the road this Memorial Day weekend — though there will be fewer of them. 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State sentencing guidelines virtually erase discrimination in criminal punishments, regardless of how much judges are allowed to deviate from recommended prison terms, according to a study released Thursday.

WASHINGTON - The Senate unanimously confirmed Virginia Supreme Court Justice G. Steven Agee’s nomination to the Richmond-based federal appeals court yesterday, triggering a potential domino of vacancies throughout lower Virginia courts. 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)—A Virginia law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — If you’re annoyed by motorists who chat on cell phones then get ready to be more frustrated: A new survey ranks Virginia sixth in the nation for drivers who send text messages behind the wheel. 

A Buchanan County man has been sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison after admitting he spent two years pretending to be paralyzed from the neck down.

It’s 3:15 a.m. and this is a mighty big bump in the night.  A six foot tall black bear trips the motion sensor. The light hits the bear’s snout. The bear paws at the window.

More students need more financial aid. Faculty pay is rising. Utility bills are climbing. Even library journals cost more.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb said yesterday that he thinks either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton could carry Virginia in the presidential election this fall.

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A southwest Virginia man who pretended to be a quadriplegic to receive federal benefits has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in multiple fraud schemes. 

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech officials say the school has received deposits from 5,601 freshmen for fall 2008, up from 5,215 deposits received last year. 

National Boat Safety Week begins May 17, just one week before Memorial Day Weekend, a time when more boats are out in the water.

John Brownlee, who resigned effective Friday as U.S. attorney for Western Virginia, says he will formally announce his candidacy tomorrow for the Republican nomination for attorney general of Virginia.

RICHMOND - The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted a stay of execution for Virginia inmate Christopher Scott Emmett.

WOODSTOCK, Va. (AP)—A Luray area pastor will appear in a Shenandoah County court today on charges he robbed a dollar store at gunpoint this month.

Virginians already have been excused from paying sales taxes on back-to-school supplies and energy-saving appliances. Now it’s hurricane preparedness supplies. 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation’s biggest state to tie the knot.