The Latest Breaking News from Virginia

Over the past three years, local school board elections have become the place where America’s deep political divisions are on full display

Ballots from voters of color are being flagged for rejection at much higher rates ahead of election day this month, party analysis says

From pandemic to book bans and school bathrooms, ‘parents’ rights’ are playing a key role – but its electoral potency is being questioned

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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