Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today expressed support and confidence that Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, will be confirmed and serve the nation’s highest court well.

Virginia’s budget belt needs to be pulled a little tighter. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday that the ongoing recession will force even deeper cuts in state spending in the coming months.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine may have lost the bid to use federal stimulus cash to expand unemployment insurance to more Virginians, but his vetoes of legislation to expand eligibility for the death penalty survived the reconvened session of the General Assembly.

Virginia’s Republican-run House of Delegates rejected a proposed expansion of unemployment benefits Wednesday, along with $125 million in federal stimulus cash to pay for it.

The shootout over Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s proposal to boost unemployment benefits is continuing today between advocates for the jobless and the business lobby.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine helped kick off the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Wednesday, visiting the Bedford County retreat home for the first time and unveiling a newly restored wing of offices.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday signed a bill limiting the federal Real ID program’s reach in Virginia, a move that proponents say will help protect state residents’ privacy.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has amended a bill to a include a voluntary goal of reducing energy consumption 19 percent by 2025.

Saying he wished Virginia didn’t allow specialty plates of any kind, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today again explained his decision to sign legislation that authorizes the issuance of a plate bearing the anti-abortion message “Choose Life.“

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced a series of legislative amendments meant to aid displaced workers and ease the impact of the economic downturn.

Gov. Tim Kaine has vetoed legislation that would have expanded Virginia’s death penalty and made it easier to purchase and carry guns.

Gov. Tim Kaine has signed several pieces of legislation that he says will attract high-paying jobs to Virginia.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has granted 55 simple pardons during the first three years of his four-year term in office, more than any of the previous nine Virginia governors.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine plans to recommend to legislators two changes to state unemployment benefits law to extend and enhance benefits for Virginia’s growing ranks of jobless.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced the agreement to preserve more than 200 acres of the historic Fredericksburg Civil War battlefield.