Virginia

The school boards, representing more than 350,000 students, are seeking to block an executive order allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates.

"It is imperative that decisions about education and school safety are made locally in order to champion the best interests of our students and community."

Lawmakers are set to consider HB 784, which would provide a "nonrefundable income tax credit" to those who homeschool or send their children to private schools.

The Republican governor's executive order allows parents to decide whether to send children to school in masks.

The office for GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares denied suggestions the top lawyer was dismissed from the role over his work on the Capitol attack.

"My children will not come to school on Monday with a mask on, alright? That's not happening. And I will bring every, single gun, loaded," she told the board.

Glenn Youngkin has hit the ground running, wasting no time in beginning to implement the agenda that elected him in November.

The governors of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia each issued a state of emergency this week ahead of the forecasted winter storm.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin's education campaign mapped out a successful path to office, but teachers worry political promises won't do enough for schools.

Charles Helem, already serving a life sentence for a 2002 murder, was charged this week after he confessed last year to two more murders from 1987 and 2002.

Michigan Democrats were forced to delete a controversial post after echoing the former Virginia governor's remarks on parental rights in public education.

The lawsuit alleges that admission policy changes to Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia discriminated against the school's Asian-American applicants.

Arlington Public Schools said it would make decisions that "prioritize the health, safety and wellbeing" of students.

The Republican issued an executive order giving Virginia parents the right to exempt children from mask mandates but some school districts are resisting.

A controversial state senator has been pardoned for a sex crime stemming from an illicit relationship he began with a teen who would become his wife.

The Division of Legislative Services, a nonpartisan state agency, took the blame for the error on Friday morning.

April Springfield wasn't really aware of what a 3D home construction entailed, but she agreed to it and was left emotional when the project was complete.

"It would've been more difficult for them had it been chillier," said an official of the couple who declined medical treatment.

The University of Virginia student's mother purchased the ticket and choose the numbers, which all matched the winning numbers.

The woman named Noel braved a quarter-mile of snow, creeks and fallen trees, all while her contractions were increasing in frequency.

COVID-19 numbers broke records in Virginia on Friday and Monday, with 3,500 COVID-19-positive patients hospitalized statewide.

A police spokesperson stated that "digital information places [the suspect] in that area at the time of her disappearance."

Jacob Whaley, 34, reportedly tried to walk the remaining six miles home Monday after getting in a car accident in the winter storm that battered the state.

NFL player Montez Sweat's brother, Anthony Sweat, was killed in a shooting in Virginia on December 28.

Davante Williams and his teenage passenger were stranded for more than five hours after icy conditions left parts of traffic gridlocked on I-95 in Virginia.

Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares announced they would join the legal challenges against Biden's vaccine mandate.

Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency and requested National Guard assistance ahead of another bout of snow forecasted to start Thursday night.

The city announced Wednesday that Newport News-based Team Henry Enterprises bid $1.5 million on the project and was awarded the contract.

The doctor has been in a legal fight over using the anti-parasitic drug to treat those with COVID-19.

"No one came. It was just shocking...no one knew how to even clear one lane for all of us to get out of that mess?" said a motorist who was stuck for 16 hours.