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By Riley McCoy The Register-Herald BECKLEY — A law named for Baylea Craig Bower will soon raise penalties for West ...

Capito wins overwhelmingly in GOP Senate primary, Anderson to provide Democratic challenge

By Steven Allen Adams For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – In a closed Republican primary, GOP voters gave ...

Virginia Democrats seek emergency injunction from US Supreme Court in redistricting fight

Appeal asks nation’s highest court to revive the redistricting amendment struck down by the Supreme Court of Virginia. By: Markus ...

More states, including Virginia, weigh new rules for pregnant, postpartum women in custody

In Virginia, one of the new laws requires correctional facilities to adopt lactation policies for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated people ...

The sheer waste of Virginia’s redistricting referendum staggers the conscience

The costs — reflecting the desperately high stakes for partisan control of Congress in November’s federal midterm elections — are ...

Trump nominates ousted FEMA chief to return

By Jennifer Shutt | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Cameron Hamilton to ...

How the Strait of Hormuz affects the price of filling your gas tank

By David Lightman. | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics On paper it makes little sense. Ship traffic through the Strait ...

‘Are they going to roll over?’: Gerrymandering fights reach state high courts

By Jonathan Shorman | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — Control of the U.S. House may run ...

After SCOTUS voting rights ruling, Virginia leaders warn minority representation could erode