RICHMOND The perennial “guns in bars” bill is on the march again, and this year it has a friend in the governor’s mansion.

Drivers headed to Hampton Roads should expect delays today on Interstate 64 while crews repair a sink hole in New Kent County. 

Crews discovered the sink hole in the eastbound lanes at mile marker 207, east of the Bottoms Bridge exit, as they performed maintenance overnight, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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Everyone agrees they’re a problem, but the General Assembly doesn’t seem to be ready to impose a fee to discourage the use of disposable grocery bags.

By Mike Gangloff

A Virginia Tech student jailed on a drunken driving charge was beaten by Roanoke sheriff's deputies who were annoyed by his burping, according to a federal lawsuit.

By Andy Barr  Three-quarters of the nation’s voters are “angry” at the federal government’s policies, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey out Monday.

By Patrick O'Connor 

President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats may be stymied in their drive for health care reform. But state lawmakers in at least three dozen states are pushing ahead with a series of measures aimed at pre-empting whatever might come out of Washington.

RICHMOND State workers have started a team competition to lose weight.

Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday kicked off the "Governors Challenge 2010" program aimed at reducing obesity among the state's 110,000 employees. An estimated 70 percent of them are considered overweight or obese, according to state officials.

WATERFORD, Conn.  A Dominion spokesman says the energy company plans to lay off up to 75 people at the Millstone nuclear power complex in Connecticut by April 1, after its buyout program fell short of its goal.

House of Delegates budget negotiators hope to overcome a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall in part by deeper cuts at state agencies, bigger contributions from state workers to their pension plans and more federal money to pay for Medicaid.

BALTIMORE Southwest Airlines says it has canceled many of its flights Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of another impending snowstorm.

The airline said late Monday on its Web site that because of the storm, it has canceled most of its afternoon and evening flights to and from BWI and Dulles, as well as morning and early afternoon flights on Wednesday.