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(AP) — Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed a two-year pilot of an expanded Medicaid program Monday in a bid to persuade Republicans to end an impasse over the state’s budget. The new Democratic governor announced the plan shortly before the General ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — She was a 24-year-old swimming instructor who had a sexual affair with a male student under 16. The woman was convicted in Virginia in 1993 of unlawful sex with a teenager and served 30 days in jail. ...

(AP) — A doctor’s wife is asking a federal appeals court to throw out her convictions for obstructing an investigation into health care fraud by her husband. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear ...

(AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s defense team to limit prosecutors’ involvement in a civil case against the government’s key witness. Judge James R. Spencer ruled in court Tuesday against the ...

(AP) — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is continuing on a two-week public safety tour of the state. Herring launched the tour on Monday in Hampton Roads and has events scheduled in Culpeper and Fredericksburg on Tuesday. He has planned 22 ...

(AP) — Four former Iraqi detainees who claim they were tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison are asking a federal appeals court to reinstate their lawsuit against a military contractor. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

ROANOKE (AP) — A contractor that provides security at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant is being sued by an employee who alleges co-workers racially harassed him. John McKinney’s lawsuit seeks an injunction against G4S Government Solutions, Inc. The lawsuit alleges ...

STAFFORD (AP) — The trial of an FBI special agent charged with his wife’s slaying has ended in a mistrial. The Free Lance-Star reports that a judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Arthur ...

(AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated a whistleblower’s claims that student loan companies in Pennsylvania and Vermont cheated the U.S. government. Former Education Department employee Jon Oberg claims the companies violated the False Claims Act by overstating the ...

(AP) — A clerical error by former Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell’s administration has essentially voided about 60 gubernatorial appointments made by McDonnell to various state boards and commissions, according to Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office. A spokeswoman for the new ...