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Eighteen candidates are running for all nine seats on the Loudoun County Public Schools school board in Virginia on Nov. 7, 2023. The school district, located northwest of Washington D.C., had approximately 81,131 students as of the 2020-21 school year, making it the third largest school district in Virginia.

Think Big America’s contribution of $25,000 each to four state Senate Democratic candidates in Virginia, and an additional $150,000 to the state’s Democratic Party, comes ahead of a pivotal Nov. 7 election that may reshape abortion restrictions there.

Voting rights groups decry error days before elections that will determine which party controls the state legislature

Ad released in Virginia part of well-funded effort to portray Democrats as abortion extremists and Republicans as reasonable compromisers

A power company’s plans for an enormous offshore wind farm off Virginia's southeast coast have received key federal approval

American Kristen Kulchinsky (Virginia's Blue Ridge Twenty24) is one of the most decorated female esports cyclists in the sport's short history. This fall she proved she can ride pretty well outdoors as well.

As Virginia holds elections on Nov. 7, 2023, to fill all 140 seats in the state legislature, the results will likely offer insights on the nation’s political pulse. Voters’ preferences for Democrats or Republicans may well reflect how they feel about Joe Biden or Donald Trump – and about key…

Virginia is the only southern state that hasn’t restricted abortion post-Roe. Is that about to change?

Youngkin's team admitted the issue affected thousands of voters after initially estimating the number at 270

Republican governor is anti-abortion, anti-trans and a ‘nightmare’ for Democrats