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SourceLine hasn’t updated Virginia’s local record yet. Coming soon. Federal and state are here now. What it shows today: members of Congress and the state legislature, and the Black community by the numbers for the state and every county. Until then, here is what Black newspapers in Virginia are reporting, and the national stories told with Virginia’s own numbers.
Every ward, commission and district with its own page
Each page shows who represents it and how to reach them, recent public votes, and the numbers where they are measured. Not sure which is yours? Look up your address.
Cities 38
- Galax
- Salem
- Norton
- Bristol
- Emporia
- Fairfax
- Hampton
- Norfolk
- Radford
- Roanoke
- Suffolk
- Danville
- Franklin
- Hopewell
- Manassas
- Poquoson
- Richmond
- Staunton
- Covington
- Lexington
- Lynchburg
- Alexandria
- Chesapeake
- Petersburg
- Portsmouth
- Waynesboro
- Winchester
- Buena Vista
- Falls Church
- Harrisonburg
- Martinsville
- Newport News
- Williamsburg
- Manassas Park
- Fredericksburg
- Virginia Beach
- Charlottesville
- Colonial Heights
U.S. House districts 11
County commission districts 34
- Fairfax County Mason District
- Fairfax County Sully District
- Henrico County Varina District
- Loudoun County Dulles District
- Loudoun County Ashburn District
- Fairfax County Braddock District
- Henrico County Tuckahoe District
- Loudoun County Catoctin District
- Loudoun County Leesburg District
- Loudoun County Sterling District
- Chesterfield County Dale District
- Fairfax County Franconia District
- Henrico County Brookland District
- Henrico County Fairfield District
- Loudoun County Algonkian District
- Loudoun County Broad Run District
- Fairfax County Providence District
- Fairfax County Dranesville District
- Fairfax County Hunter Mill District
- Fairfax County Springfield District
- Henrico County Three Chopt District
- Chesterfield County Bermuda District
- Chesterfield County Matoaca District
- Fairfax County Mount Vernon District
- Loudoun County Little River District
- Prince William County Coles District
- Prince William County Neabsco District
- Prince William County Potomac District
- Chesterfield County Midlothian District
- Prince William County Occoquan District
- Chesterfield County Clover Hill District
- Prince William County Woodbridge District
- Prince William County Brentsville District
- Prince William County Gainesville District
City council districts 9
School districts 132
132 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
State Senate districts 40
- State Senate District 1
- State Senate District 2
- State Senate District 3
- State Senate District 4
- State Senate District 5
- State Senate District 6
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- State Senate District 9
- State Senate District 10
- State Senate District 11
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- State Senate District 13
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- State Senate District 15
- State Senate District 16
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- State Senate District 29
- State Senate District 30
- State Senate District 31
- State Senate District 32
- State Senate District 33
- State Senate District 34
- State Senate District 35
- State Senate District 36
- State Senate District 37
- State Senate District 38
- State Senate District 39
- State Senate District 40
State House districts 100
100 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
Towns 189
189 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
Issues in Virginia
What matters most comes first: full stories, then decisions that keep coming back, divide the board, draw residents, change how land near you is used, or move big money for the size of the place. Open decisions come before decided ones.
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Stories for Virginia
Told with Virginia’s own numbers. Open one to go down to your county, city and address.
- 69,000 Black men lost federal jobs. Why didn't anyone count them?About 69,000 fewer Black men work federal jobs than in 2024. Their count beside Black women, where it hit hardest, and who can act.Read the story ›
- Black voters moved in 2026. What did it win, and what comes next?A record 124 million voted. About 9 in 10 Black voters backed House Democrats, and five Black governors won. State by state, and what comes next.Read the story ›
- How do we raise Black children's reading, state by state?In New Jersey 1 in 4 Black fourth graders read at Proficient; nationwide it is 1 in 6. Where reading is rising, who decides, and what you can do.Read the story ›
Sources are named in each story: Census Bureau business surveys, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USAspending.gov, USDA, and state records. Benefits and federal awards are separate measures and are never added together. Every story ›
Reported in Black newspapers in Virginia
These are headlines from the papers themselves. Each one is the paper’s reporting, not SourceLine’s record. Open a headline to read it on the paper’s own site.
- Henrico County Secures $1.7 Million State Grant to Strengthen Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery ServicesReporting from The Legacy Newspaper, not SourceLine’s record. November 4, 2026. Opens on The Legacy Newspaper’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- All three proposed constitutional amendments pass in VirginiaReporting from The Legacy Newspaper, not SourceLine’s record. November 4, 2026. Opens on The Legacy Newspaper’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Hampton Roads’ races top political ad spending in VirginiaReporting from The Legacy Newspaper, not SourceLine’s record. November 3, 2026. Opens on The Legacy Newspaper’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Ernie Pitt Built A Newspaper That Insisted Black Winston-Salem MatteredReporting from New Journal and Guide, not SourceLine’s record. October 31, 2026. Opens on New Journal and Guide’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- New Virginia Program Helps On Health InsuranceReporting from New Journal and Guide, not SourceLine’s record. October 29, 2026. Opens on New Journal and Guide’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Portsmouth’s Missy Elliott Hosts HBCU Battle of Bands At NSUReporting from New Journal and Guide, not SourceLine’s record. October 23, 2026. Opens on New Journal and Guide’s own website, with its own ads ↗
Headlines from Black newspapers, most of them members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, gathered from their public feeds. SourceLine links to each paper and does not republish its articles.