Ralph Northam

Northam’s recommendation came the same afternoon that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reinstated the District’s indoor mask mandate for public settings.

Virginia health and education officials recommended on Wednesday that many students and staff members wear face masks inside schools this fall, but opted to give school districts flexibility to set rules that take local coronavirus data into account.   The Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Education issued these recommendations:  Elementary schools should require all students and...

News4’s Drew Wilder takes a closer look at the new recommendations.

Students in Virginia will head back to the classroom in about a month. Governor Ralph Northam has not issued a mask policy for students yet, even though the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidance Monday. Northern Virginia bureau reporter Drew Wilder pressed the governor on the mask question.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending all children over the age of 2 wear masks when returning to school this fall.

Warner positioned the initiative as an opportunity for Virginia, recently ranked the top state for business by CNBC, to attract more jobs to the state.

A strong workforce and a solid education system propelled Virginia to its second straight win in CNBC’s state competitiveness rankings.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a probation reform bill on Thursday with support from rapper Meek Mill, who became a reform advocate after a misdemeanor arrest in 2007 kept him in prison or on probation for much of his adult life.  Northam cited mass incarceration’s disproportionate effect on people of color and the harm of having “technical violations” such...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam took a tour of the new terminal at National Airport as a way to promote tourism in the region. But as News4’s Mark Segraves reports, Bowser didn’t leave the airport empty handed. She got an airplane engine.

President Joe Biden and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam spoke in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday after the state lifted all distancing and capacity restrictions. Masks are still required in some settings.

Virginia will lift all capacity and social distancing restrictions on June 15 if COVID-19 case numbers continue to drop and vaccination rates continue to rise, the governor said Thursday.  Gov. Ralph North cited strong progress in the fight against the virus, including drops in case counts, hospitalizations and deaths.  “We’re not at the finish line yet, and we still...

People who are fully vaccinated can skip wearing masks in some settings in Virginia.  Gov. Ralph Northam announced changes Thursday to the state’s mask requirements, citing progress in the fight against COVID-19. “Our increasing vaccination rate and decreasing number of new COVID-19 cases has made it possible to ease mitigation measures in a thoughtful and measured manner,” Northam said in...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is endorsing Prince William County Del. Hala Ayala in the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor’s race, Ayala’s campaign announced early Monday. Ayala, a cyber security specialist, was elected in 2017 in the “wave of women.” She was one of the first two Latinas elected to the House and was re-elected in 2019. Ayala represents Virginia’s 51st House...

A Virginia town has announced that one of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black Army officer during a traffic stop has since been fired

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is backing Terry McAuliffe in the race to succeed him, handing his predecessor one of the contest’s most coveted endorsements

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on Democratic candidate for governor Terry McAuliffe being endorsed by Gov. Ralph Northam ahead of the June 8 primary.

Virginia has become the first Southern state to legalize marijuana

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced that everybody will be able to register for a COVID-19 vaccine on April 18.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder goes inside a marijuana grow facility as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam proposes speeding up legalization.