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Gov. Tim Kaine is asking the federal government for disaster assistance for Virginia localities that suffered damage from heavy storms last week.

Civil rights organizations are asking Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to sign an executive order restoring the rights of nearly 300,000 felons before he leaves office in January.

Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Civil rights organizations are asking Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to sign an executive order restoring the rights of nearly 300,000 felons before he leaves office in January.

Shortly before Larry "Bill" Elliott was put to death for killing a Woodbridge couple in 2001, he wrote that the justice system "failed me." At 9 p.m. Tuesday, the 60-year-old Hanover, Md., man was led into Virginia's death chamber - his head and one leg shaved - and placed into the state's old oak electric chair.

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Story by Emily Vaughan, Illustration by Julie Abramson Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Virginia Gov.

Richmond, VA _ In the earliest statement released on a death penalty sentence in his, and possibly any administration, Governor Tim Kaine is refusing to halt tonight's scheduled execution of Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care.

In a speech to Kent County Republicans on Thursday night, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said they should make every week between now and next November an opportunity to win the governor's race, congressional seats and the state Legislature.

Virginia Republicans recaptured the political middle last week, assisted by Bob McDonnell's strong centrist campaign and adherence to a positive message of economic recovery and job creation.

Update 12:00 am CBS 6 has learned that Kaine would be back Thursday night. His press secretary, Gordon Hickey says he's been trying to get him home sooner, but there's been some flight issues because of the weather.

With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov.

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee is to head a fundraiser in Little Rock along with the state's top elected officials.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency for Virginia on Wednesday evening in response to a coastal storm battering Hampton Roads.

Virginia's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as unrelenting rain from the remnants of a tropical storm soaked the state, while officials in North Carolina braced for another day of heavy rain.

Two governors' races were real wins for the Republican Party in this week's off-year elections.

Gov. Tim Kaine, who is probably the most anti-death penalty governor in Virginia in some time, cleared the way today for tonight's execution of Washington, D.C. area sniper John Allen Muhammad.

Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell and current Gov. Tim Kaine both pledged yesterday to cooperate to ease McDonnell's transition into a job where one of his first orders of business will be grim budget cuts.

The 2010 political season opened Tuesday night in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and California.