Speeches at the ribbon cutting ceremony focused on how the new Blue and Yellow Line station will serve the public in a rapidly growing neighborhood.

The state’s unemployment commission will need to backpay or otherwise respond to more than 90,000 missed unemployment claims.

Virginia’s two Democratic senators are using the commonwealth’s sweeping overhaul of gun laws as a blueprint for national change.

At last count, he was trailing by 16,761.

Ed Gillespie politicizes the Washington football team name controversy in a new ad that aired last night.

Virginia Senator Mark Warner: Not a Belieber.

So what would happen if Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) decided to run for the Old Dominion’s governorship and faced White House party crasher Tareq Salahi as his Republican opponent? Warner would easily win—but Salahi would attract more votes than Virginia should be comfortable with.

Dish of the Week: Butternut squash This week Gourmet’s Ruth Reichl called butternut squash fall’s finest vegetable. “Its sweet flavor and silky texture make butternut squash a star in many of our favorite fall recipes,” she wrote. The only problem is that most of the time, it seems to find its way into overly sweet soup. Luckily our intrepid DCist food staff came through with some of their other favorite uses for butternut squash. Alyse…

The Associated Press is reporting this morning that the Obama campaign has announced former Virginia Gov. and current candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Warner will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention later this month. Campaign adviser Mike Henry broke the news in an email he sent to Obama supporters in Virginia. The choice of Warner really drives home the importance the Obama campaign is placing on Virginia as a potential swing state…

The Associated Press is reporting that former Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore has officially announced he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. John Warner. Gilmore announced his candidacy by posting a video to YouTube. The formal announcement sets up Gilmore as the presumed Republican nominee for the seat, as the other leading candidate, Rep. Tom Davis (Va.-R), announced last month that he would not seek the seat. Gilmore will…