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                        RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have given final passage to a comprehensive anti-discrimination bill intended to protect LGBTQ people.Advocates…
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                        RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that advocates say makes the state the first in the…
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                        WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence says the criticism of Christian education in America should stop.Pence is responding to media reports of his…
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                        BALTIMORE (AP) - A Maryland education panel has voted to rescind taxpayer-funded vouchers for a school whose handbook outlines discriminatory policies…
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                        Jeffrey Dean of Salisbury is suing the Berlin Fire Company for a half a million dollars.The former paramedic who served from 2005 to 2013 claims that he…
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                        RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed an executive order requiring future state contractors to agree to a policy that prohibits…
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                        HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Small-town pride has a new meaning in rural America.Now that victories for same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights have made it…
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                        CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - A film festival in Cumberland is opening with a focus on Appalachia.The Queen City Film Festival opens Thursday for a four-day…
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                        ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Three Montgomery County high schools are making graduation robes gender-neutral with one color to respect transgender…
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                        One time Maryland gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur spoke out against bullying against members of the LGBT community during an appearance on the…