The proposals include prohibiting possession of firearms for persons subject to protective orders and those who have committed such misdemeanors as stalking, sexual battery, and domestic violence; revoking concealed handgun permits for parents delinquent on child support payments.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that he is including $28 million in his budget to provide new voting machines to precincts across Virginia so all polling places will have uniform, state-of-the-art equipment for the 2015 November elections.

Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced new export sales of Virginia apples to India, a significant market opening in one of the world’s largest economies and population bases.

Beginning this Sunday, Dec. 14, motorists can try out the new Interstate 95 Express Lanes for free until tolling begins Dec. 29.

Prince William County is expected to benefit from a $17.5 million federal Preschool Expansion Grant that will allow Virginia to serve as many as 1,600 additional at-risk four-year-olds in new, high-quality preschool classes.

All westbound lanes of Interstate 66 will close intermittently between midnight Thursday, Dec. 11 and 5 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, for the installation of two gantries between the Fairfax County Parkway and Route 28. Each closure will last up to 30 minutes.

Find out about the development of a traffic operational and safety study to identify short term recommendations to improve traffic operations on Route 28 (Centerville Road) from South of I-66 to Liberia Avenue. The study will collect traffic data to identify locations where low cost improvements could be made to the corridor.

Recommendations to strengthen ethics oversight and enforcement, place new restrictions on gifts and loans, reduce the potential for conflicts of interests, and clarify post-public service restrictions are contained in an interim report on integrity and public confidence in Virginia government.