The Obama administration proposed new requirements and incentives yesterday for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.ation released draft plans today for restoring the Chesapeake Bay.

What was the reaction to President Obama’s speech? WSLS checked in with two of our area congressman, Democrat Tom Perriello and Republican Bob Goodlatte, to get their take.

White House economists say the Obama administration’s recovery efforts have saved or created more than a million jobs.

In a pep talk that kept clear of politics, President Barack Obama today challenged the nation’s students to take pride and ownership in their education.

President Barack Obama’s speech to the nation’s students on Tuesday will be optional viewing in Lynchburg and surrounding counties, school officials said Thursday.

Virginia is getting back from the federal government about half the $5.7 million it spent buttressing security at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Something about all those “health plan” meetings being held across the country is beginning to strike me as chronically unhealthy.

Dozens gathered at Monument Terrace on Wednesday evening with handheld signs proudly displaying their convictions about what they called a much-need health care overhaul.

Bob McDonnell brought his gubernatorial campaign to Lynchburg on Friday, urging donors and campaign activists to help in a race where a president, sitting governor and national labor unions are supporting his opponent.

President Barack Obama made his case for health-care reform to a small audience at a Kroger supermarket yesterday, continuing a “conversation about change” he started in Bristol just over a year ago.

Southern Baptists praised the election of President Barack Obama but said at their national meeting on Wednesday that they oppose his views on abortion and other social issues.

President Barack Obama, whose gay and lesbian supporters have grown frustrated with his slow movement on their priorities, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, a White House official said.

President Barack Obama promised Monday to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programs.

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.

President Barack Obama tapped U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a justice.