Former Gov. Mark R. Warner will appear in Charlottesville on Monday to kick off the Democrats’ final push to turn out votes for the Nov. 4 election.

U.S. Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-Henrico, will swing through the Charlottes-ville region on Monday as part of a seven-stop campaign tour.

Local officials say they are certain that myriad transit and transportation projects could be funded by way of tax increases — but particulars remain a mystery.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has taken a slight lead among Virginia voters, pulling ahead of Republican John McCain in the past two weeks, a new statewide poll has found.

The Meadowcreek Parkway, the thoroughfare whose plans languished on drawing boards for four decades, has cleared yet another roadblock.

U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, raised roughly $120,300 more than his challenger, Democrat Tom Perriello

Voter registration in Charlottesville and Albemarle has skyrocketed to nearly 100,000 people, shattering the localities’ numbers from just four years ago.

U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, said on Wednesday that he had nothing to do with a 2003 art house film that depicts gay sex, violent beatings and drug use.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Arlington, visited Charlottesville on Friday to endorse Democrat Tom Perriello in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount.

There will apparently be no televised debate in the 5th District congressional race between incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, and challenger Democrat Tom Perriello of Ivy.

The Charlottesville City Council voted 4-1 late during its Monday night meeting to sell two pieces of land on Ridge Street to the local Southern Development Group.

Charlottesville officials are seeking the authority to impose taxes or raise assessments on specific property owners when the city buries utilities, so those only directly affected from the improvements would pay the extra cost.

Critics of a Ridge Street land sale were sparse at the Charlottesville City Council’s meeting Monday, with several city residents boycotting the council’s attempt to garner more public opinion on the proposal.

Preliminary cost estimates and the bleak prospect of increased transportation funding have tabled the Eastern Connector, leaving Charlottesville and Albemarle officials with even fewer options for getting the project under way.

The head of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority has resigned, making it the fourth time in 10 years that the authority will experience a change at the helm.

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Obama has a sizable lead in Northern Virginia (57 percent to 37 percent), but McCain is favored in the rural corners of the state and in the Richmond area. The race is a toss-up in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater region.

Covering more of the nation’s 45 million Americans without health insurance is a top campaign promise by both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.

The Republican campaign to elect John McCain and other GOP candidates in Central Virginia has opened a volunteer coordinating office in Albemarle County.

Democratic candidate Tom Perriello’s campaign called on local TV stations to stop airing what it describes as a misleading attack ad run by longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr.

If elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 4, Democrat Mark R. Warner promises to establish a bipartisan coalition of like-minded moderate lawmakers that he calls the “Radical Centrists.”

A venue has been named for Tuesday’s visit to Charlottesville by Terry McAuliffe, who will speak about health care on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Terry McAuliffe — the former co-chairman of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign and a potential 2009 gubernatorial contender in Virginia — will visit Charlottesville on Tuesday to speak about health care on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Senior medical advisers to Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain will debate health care issues facing the next administration next week at the University of Virginia.

With at least one proposal for a new city to join Charlottesville’s family in the wings, the city’s recently formed Sister Cities Commission is beginning to explore ways to better support current sister cities and to develop guidelines for considering future ones.

Officials say the surge of Charlottesville’s registered voters and expected high turnout makes it increasingly likely that several of the city’s precincts will need to be adjusted after Nov. 4.

Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign will host a national security town hall meeting Saturday in Albemarle County.

The Virginia Sheriff’s Association has presented its outstanding legislative service award to Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County.

“Virginia is critical,” Michelle Obama said. “It’s what they call a swing state. And we want it swinging this way.”

U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. — a vocal proponent of domestic drilling for oil and gas — voted against a bill that would have authorized new oil drilling between 50 and 100 miles off America’s coasts.