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Political observers and activists will be closely watching a Northern Virginia special election Tuesday to see If Democrats will be hurt by the scandal impacting the party’s top three leaders in the commonwealth.

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

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.

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

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.

With Virginia’s top three office holders — all Democrats — tainted by controversy, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is assuming the role of a stand-in governor in some ways. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on what he’s doing for Virginia’s Democratic party.

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.

The funeral for Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch was held in an Annapolis church. Busch’s daughters and Governor Larry Hogan were among many who spoke about what he meant to them. Busch was remembered as a father, husband and mentor. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

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.

Hundreds of mourners filed in to the Maryland State House to pay their respects to the state’s longest serving house speaker. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

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

A little-known handheld medical device that performs cranial electrical stimulation has had a high success rate in treating anxiety and depression, Dr. Joshua Weiner says.

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.