Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is instituting a hiring freeze of state employees and is telling agency heads to look for ways to cut budgets in response to the coronavirus

Dr. Anthony Fauci explains that we will see a lot of deaths from coronavirus in the coming week, but he will be looking closely at new cases to see if social distancing is working to slow down the spread of the disease.

A stay-at-home order is now in effect for Virginians. News4’s Julie Carey explains what you can and can’t do — and the penalty if you don’t obey the order.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is asking for volunteers to staff the Virginia Medical Reserve Corps as the state reaches more than 600 coronavirus cases. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Gov. Ralph Northam updates the state of Virginia after the number of confirmed cases surpassed 600 on Friday. There have been 16 deaths in the state from COVID-19.

Schools are closed in Virginia through the rest of the academic year and all non-essential businesses must also shutter. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Testing for coronavirus is set to ramp up in Virginia, guidance for childcare is in place, and residents are being encouraged to continue practicing social distancing. Gov. Ralph Northam provides updates on Virginia’s coronavirus response.

Virginia’s governor urged state residents to follow the federal government’s recommendation that Americans avoid gatherings of more than 10 people, but he stopped short of ordering businesses to close, as D.C. and Maryland have done.

Gov. Ralph Northam has banned all public gatherings of more than 100 people statewide and ordered a two-week shutdown of municipal offices in an area of southeast Virginia that has been hit by a cluster of coronavirus cases. Northam made the announcement Sunday after meeting with local officials in the Peninsula Health District, where eight people have tested positive for…

Gov. Ralph Northam announces a ban on public gatherings of over 100 people and addresses the rising COVID-19 outbreak in the Virginia peninsula region.

Parts of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s sweeping gun control legislation have won final passage in the General Assembly

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill into law on Monday that makes individuals sentenced to prison as juveniles eligible for parole after serving 20 years.

Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are advancing legislation to ban the sale of assault weapons and the possession of high-capacity magazines despite fierce opposition from gun owners.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the progress Gov. Ralph Northam has made in the year since the scandal broke and he promised to devote himself to issues of racial justice.

A couple of years ago, changes to a Virginia law led to a number of family members losing their health coverage. Now, Gov. Ralph Northam says he wants to right a wrong. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan explains.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam plans to declare a temporary emergency Wednesday banning all weapons, including guns, from Capitol Square ahead of a massive rally planned next week over gun rights.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday that he’s working to let localities determine whether to relocate the more than 220 Confederate memorials in the state. “Right now we tell someone’s story. We don’t tell everyone’s story,” Alexandria City Councilman John Chapman said. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

An increasingly diverse Virginia General Assembly is convening Wednesday, led for the first time in more than two decades by Democrats who are promising to enact a litany of changes.

Gov. Ralph Northam’s office said Monday that he will push for legislation replacing Virginia’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee housed in the United States Capitol. The governor filed a drafting request for a bill that would outline the process for removing the statue — one of Virginia’s two in the National Statuary Hall Collection — and selecting...