
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide De’Andre Barnes, who recently won a seat on the Portsmouth City Council, was elected vice-mayor during...

By Randy Singleton NJG Community Correspondent HAMPTON Gov. Ralph Northam launched the “Rebuild Virginia” grant program and signed legislation banning offshore drilling and establish landmark protections...

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Lt. Governor Fairfax may the most vulnerable of the three top political leaders in Virginia under...

Virginia Beach voters will vote on candidates for City Council in six seats open for election, including two at-large ones. Voters can vote for one candidate...

Independent candidate Shaun Brown, who is running for the 2nd Congressional District that covers Virginia Beach, said she and her staff members collected about 1,800 signatures to...

Now that Ben Jealous has won the Maryland Democratic gubernatorial nomination, he is preparing to run against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in November. While Maryland has...

The May 1, 2018 municipal elections are now history for Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk and Newport News. But one of the most vexing outcomes was the low...
Justin Fairfax made history last fall when he was elected Virginia’s second African-American Lt. Governor, a job that gains political importance when the General Assembly is in...

Registered voters get excited about the presidential, governor’s and congressional elections, but there are other elections just as important such as school board positions.

More than a million African-Americans live within a half mile of existing natural gas facilities and that number continues to grow.