Governor Bob McDonnell spoke with reporters yesterday from Germany, via conference call, to provide an update on his first European trade mission. Craig Carper reports.

Mortgage rates fell to a new record low for the forth time in five weeks, and the number of homes sold in the Richmond metro area rose 23 percent in the second quarter from the same period a year ago. But as Charles Fishburne reports, this doesn’t necessarily mean a recovery in the housing market

Two civil rights organizations are suing Virginia prison officials because they banned inmates from receiving a book teaching them how to file lawsuits against prisons. Charles Fishburne reports.

State officials have hosted public hearings this week to determine the best route for high-speed rail expansion through the Commonwealth. Craig Carper reports.