House of Delegates

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the special election to fill the House of Delegates seat vacated by former Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy.

For the first time in 24 years, individuals sentenced to life in a correctional facility for crimes they committed before turning 18 are being paroled by a Maryland governor.

Vice President Mike Pence made a campaign swing through Virginia on Saturday to try to shore up support for Republicans as they try to maintain control of the state legislature in Tuesday’s election.

In a social media post, the Chicago Teachers Union has announced it has reached a tentative deal with Chicago Public Schools, but says that a “return to work” agreement has yet to be reached in the ongoing teachers strike.

The actor known for his mocking impersonations of Republican President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” is in Virginia to help Democratic legislative candidates

In Maryland, you’ll be need to be 21 to buy cigarettes starting Tuesday.

A teaching assistant who was arrested for sexually abusing an 8-year-old student had a history of misconduct allegations yet managed to keep his job for years, according to a News4 I-Team investigation.

A bill proposed in Montgomery County, Maryland, would force vape shops to move away from schools.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s eight-part legislation, which will ban assault weapons and require universal background checks, will have to pass in Virginia’s majority-Republican General Assembly.

Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats, under a ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says his heart is in the commonwealth, which is why he’s not running for president.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe won’t run for president in 2020, meaning establishment, centrist Democrats will have one less option in a nominating free-for-all that so far has highlighted the party’s leftward shift.

With pomp and sorrow, Maryland’s House Speaker Michael Busch was laid to rest Tuesday in Maryland’s capital, with hundreds of mourners paying tribute to his life and legacy in the tight-knit government town by the Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch, who died April 7 after a battle with pneumonia, will lie in repose in the rotunda of the Maryland State House on Monday and Tuesday.

The Maryland General Assembly has approved a bill to raise the age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.

House Republicans said Tuesday that they tried and failed to broker a deal with Democrats that would allow for a bipartisan public hearing in which two women who accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault could testify under oath.

The Maryland Senate has passed a minimum wage bill that would gradually bring the hourly rate to $15 an hour by 2028.The bill contains caveats for businesses in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, which already had higher minimums than the state’s.

Legislation proposed in Maryland would require gas stations advertise the highest price.

The Maryland General Assembly is deliberating legislation to stiffen the background checks conducted by public school districts.

A panel of federal judges has chosen a redistricting map for Virginia’s House of Delegates that could shift some districts toward Democrats and help the party gain control in this year’s election