
Past discrimination in Virginia remains root cause for denying felons the right to vote
Recent Virginia governors have made strong progress in reforming laws regarding the restitution of voting rights for felons and ex-felons.

Recent Virginia governors have made strong progress in reforming laws regarding the restitution of voting rights for felons and ex-felons.

Five years after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the United States is still feeling its ill effects.

The activist group CODEPINK will be hosting a “super delegation” of 150 people to Cuba to mark the recent thawing in U.S.-Cuba relations, particularly the easing of travel restrictions.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address tonight.

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) tonight released the following statement in response to President Obama’s annual State of the Union Address.

Transcript of President Obama delivering the 2015 State of the Union address to Congress.

The 2015 Session of the General Assembly is underway. This is a short session, scheduled to adjourn on February 28, 2015, so the work will be fast and furious.

This week, we in the House continued to address two of the most urgent priorities I hear about from Fifth District Virginians.

Spoiler alert: Selma, in theaters now, ends on a high note, with Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Birmingham, Ala., marking the end of a campaign that pushed Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Below is a statement from Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Communications Director Brian Coy on Governor McAuliffe’s admission to VCU Medical Center today.
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