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Anti-abortion rights protestors gathered on Capitol Square Friday for an annual rally said they were energized by a near-total ban on abortions in Texas. But anti-abortion state-wide candidates and organizers distanced themselves from the new law while still calling for restrictions on abortions.

Seven weeks before Election Day, some Virginians have already cast their ballots. Early in-person and absentee voting started Friday.

It’s the morning after the first debate in the 2021 campaign for governor.As the political parties spin winners and losers, Jeff Schapiro of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Michael Pope have some analysis.

The two candidates squared off at Appalachian School of Law in Grundy in a debate where each was trying to frame the election by portraying the other candidate as too extreme

The Virginia Department of Health announced Thursday that a system of scannable barcodes linking to vaccination status was live.

Experts say the pandemic has made a common problem worse for kids. Two of three will have sleep problems before the age of 18.

The Virginia Redistricting Commission will look at long-awaited new political maps on Monday. Wednesday the Commission gave map-drawers a few sets of instructions to draw the maps, but were at a partisan stalemate over directives around districting and race.

Candidates for governor used to do four televised debates. In recent election cycles, they've done three. This year the candidates could agree on only two debates, which means the stakes are super high for the first debate in Grundy this week.

Some localities in the Central Virginia health District are hitting positivity rates of 25% and daily case averages that are the highest since the start of the pandemic.

Virginia Tech is expanding its footprint in northern Virginia, a project that may end up transforming the region by creating a pipeline for careers in technology.