Virginia lawmakers are moving forward with a bill to crack down on the misuse of the “homeless” designation by school officials to recruit student-athletes. House Bill...
Lawmakers are pushing to delay Virginia’s revised school accountability system, claiming it was rushed and lacks clarity. On Monday, a Senate subcommittee advanced legislation to postpone...
Amid forecasts that Virginia will see the third-highest rent increases in the nation this year, lawmakers are acknowledging the affordable housing crisis but remain divided on...
A proposal to legalize internet gaming in Virginia has been put on hold as lawmakers seek more time to assess its potential impact. Senate Bill 827, ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday night issued sweeping pardons for nearly all Jan. 6 defendants, erasing accountability for those who violently tried to stop the...
Lobby Day at Virginia’s state Capitol, traditionally a significant gathering for Second Amendment supporters, drew a much smaller crowd on Monday than in past years. The...
A House Education subcommittee on Monday advanced a bill requiring public colleges and universities in Virginia to report the number of beneficiaries eligible for the state’s...
The House of Delegates Finance Committee on Monday by a 12-10 party-line vote advanced legislation that would strip the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Friday voted to advance a bill that would require the expansion of mass detention for immigrants charged or arrested for property...
Here are activities planned around the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn into office at noon Eastern on Monday in the U.S. Capitol,...
The General Assembly is gearing up to rein in on the growing use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by law enforcement, a move prompted by the...
Southwest Virginia leaders are up in arms over electricity rate hikes. It’s understandable: Appalachian Power, which serves residents in 34 counties, has raised rates by over...
Virginia lawmakers are poised to end a nearly 20-year-old cap on state-funded support positions in public schools, a policy originally implemented during the Great Recession that...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden released a statement Friday saying he believes the Equal Rights Amendment should be added as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution,...
Republican lawmakers, joined by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, Attorney General Jason Miyares and student athletes, gathered on Wednesday to support legislation that would...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday he will move his inauguration inside the U.S. Capitol building, instead of holding it on the terrace overlooking the...
More than 1,000 bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few of lawmakers’...
Republicans are ramping up opposition to Democrat-led efforts to protect abortion and contraception access, claiming the proposals undermine parental rights in minors’ healthcare decisions. As these...
Virginia’s minimum wage could rise to $15 by 2027 under a proposal that cleared the House Labor and Commerce Committee on Thursday in a closely watched...
In his final session as governor, Glenn Youngkin is touring Virginia alongside Republican lawmakers to rally support for a proposal to provide scholarships for students to...
Virginia students would be allowed to take the state’s annual learning assessments in a language other than English under a bill that advanced out of a...
The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday advanced a slate of proposed constitutional amendments that could enshrine voting rights, reproductive rights, and marriage equality into the...
A Virginia House committee on Tuesday advanced a bipartisan proposal to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, renewing efforts to tackle skyrocketing medication costs after Gov....
Virginians have until the middle of next week to enroll in the state’s public health care exchange, the result of an extension announced on Monday. Keven...
A bipartisan coalition of Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday presented a series of bills aimed at addressing the rapid expansion of data centers, which have become a...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Monday voted to proceed with consideration of a bill that would impose new mandatory immigration detention requirements for immigrants charged with...
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many...
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned why they should intervene to block a law forcing the sale of TikTok in nine days, saying the short-form...
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears remains locked in a close race against both potential Democratic challengers, according to a new Mason-Dixon Poll released Friday. The survey...
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears are in a neck-and-neck race for Virginia governor, according to the first Emerson College...