Legislative efforts to address maternal health disparities are continuing to gain traction in both Richmond and Washington, D.C. Less than a week after a fresh batch...
The rapid growth of Virginia’s data center industry was a key point of focus during the 2026 legislative session, as lawmakers sought to balance the sector’s...
While some of the most progressive housing bills did not survive this year’s legislative session, many housing proposals are on their way to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s...
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner formally launched his campaign for a fourth term this week, filing the paperwork and voter petitions required to appear on Virginia’s 2026...
Virginia lawmakers wrapped up the 2026 General Assembly session in dramatic fashion Saturday evening, adjourning their regular session without a budget deal after an unexpected dispute...
Following the success of last year’s “Virginia Momnibus” legislative package, a Democrat-led effort that brought several maternal health and childcare provisions to fruition, similar measures that...
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined his counterparts in 20 other states to challenge regulations President Donald Trump put forth in his first term that expanded...
Andy Gneiting values his recycling job at the University of Virginia, but he wants his work, associated with waste and physical demands, to matter more by...
A five-year journey to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Virginia reached a new milestone this week, as the proposal cleared the legislature with near-unanimous...
On Monday, a federal court reaffirmed a January ruling that found that Virginia’s current practice of disenfranchising all people with felony convictions violates post-Civil War laws...
Highway work crews are often at risk of injury or worse from passing vehicles, leading state and federal agencies to install crash-absorbing devices that mitigate impacts...
The political storm over a mailer campaign invoking civil rights-era imagery in Virginia’s redistricting referendum fight intensified Tuesday as Black conservatives stepped forward to defend the...
Formerly incarcerated people who are still subject to probation could potentially qualify for probation time reductions if Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs legislation that Virginia lawmakers sent...
Five Republican lawmakers in Virginia’s congressional delegation on Friday sent a letter to President Donald Trump’s administration, warning that bills the Democratic-controlled legislature is advancing could...
In a legislative effort to save people money and help them generate their own electricity, if only a small amount, bills allowing for portable solar generation...
A political action committee opposing Virginia’s April 21 redistricting referendum is facing sharp criticism after sending mailers to voters over the weekend that invoke imagery and...
While former Democratic congressman Tom Periello’s 2010 vote in favor of establishing the Affordable Care Act contributed to him being voted out of office in Virginia’s...
Virginians can once again fish and swim in portions of the Potomac River that were affected when a sewage pipe collapsed in Montgomery County, Maryland, on...
Kenneth Canty, a Georgia infrastructure company owner, hopes to help restore the Francis Scott Key Bridge by repurposing the large bridge structures for environmental restoration. But...
At the core of a new Bedford County-based lawsuit challenging Virginia’s pending reproductive rights amendment is an allegation that House of Delegates Clerk Paul Nardo failed...
As early voting began Friday for Virginia’s closely watched redistricting referendum, Democratic leaders pushed back against claims that the proposal would open the door to future...
For most of the industry’s existence in Virginia, approvals for data centers were largely seen as a local issue, with the state and federal governments giving...
A bill requiring unconscious bias training for medical license renewals was rejected multiple times by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Now the measure, via Senate Bill 22...
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined more than 20 Democratic-led states Thursday in suing President Donald Trump’s administration over a new round of sweeping tariffs, arguing...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy, following...
A Supreme Court of Virginia ruling allowing early voting to proceed in the state’s redistricting referendum has quickly reverberated beyond Richmond, drawing praise from former President...
Early voting is set to begin Friday across Virginia for an April 21 statewide referendum that could allow the General Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional...
Virginia lawmakers are on track to codify a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that protects a child’s right to an education regardless of their immigration or...
What started as a “small little bill” by Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Rockingham, to cap prejudgment interest in medical malpractice lawsuits on Wednesday evolved into a proposed...
Later this year, Virginians are expected to formally approve or reject a measure to enshrine reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. But a new lawsuit filed...