RICHMOND While Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has to fight Republican opposition to his plan to increase taxes and fees to pay for transportation projects, he also must sway Democratic legislators who have different ideas.

RICHMOND For the first time in anyone’s memory, legislators from Virginia’s two most populous regions sat around a table away from the state Capitol, trying to find common ground on how to pay for billions of dollars in transportation projects.

RICHMOND Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is expected to call for a special session of the General Assembly to convene on June 23, according to legislators from Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. The lawmakers gathered today to try to develop a strategy for getting legislative approval of a transportation funding plan. 

RICHMOND State legislators from Virginia's two most populous regions, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia, are getting together next week to see if they can find a way to work together to get a transportation bill passed in the General Assembly.

RICHMOND Construction projects at South Hampton Roads’ colleges and universities got a big boost Wednesday when the General Assembly unanimously approved a $1.5 billion borrowing package. The bond package, the product of lengthy negotiations between the House and Senate, was largely designed to finance building at colleges and universities across the state.

RICHMOND Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday proposed doubling the money lawmakers appropriated for the next budget year for the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center and Old Dominion University.

 RICHMOND - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine this morning signed into law a series of bills that make sweeping changes to Virginia mental health laws and policies.

RICHMOND A stiff wind whipped through the open-air Virginia War Memorial on Friday afternoon as Gov. Timothy M. Kaine put his pen to new state laws intended to benefit military veterans and their families.

SUFFOLK – The head of Hampton Roads’ legislative delegation said today that the expansion of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel needs to be added to the list of major transportation projects for the region.

RICHMOND The highly unpopular abusive driver fees approved by the state legislature last year are officially roadkill. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed two bills Thursday that rescind the fines. The repeal is effective immediately.