Virginia lawmakers took an extra week to think about whether there was a way to depoliticize the process of hiring the state’s top election official, whom...
Legislation that would have limited Virginia localities’ ability to restrict the development of solar projects is dead for the year after a House subcommittee voted Tuesday...
As the Virginia General Assembly delays making decisions about how skill games should be regulated, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office says it has “serious concerns” about both...
On Friday morning, a freshman Republican delegate voiced an unusually blunt opinion on why Virginia lawmakers are still finding it so difficult to pass a law...
Legislation to set up a state process to identify sources of high levels of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” is moving swiftly through the General...
Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few of lawmakers’ 2024...
One exciting aspect of the Shenandoah Rail Trail project is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve and protect an intact historic railway corridor that reconnects the visiting...
Over the past year, several Virginia school divisions have cited a 2022 state law that created a process for notifying parents of sexually explicit instructional materials...
After passing the House of Delegates 99-0, legislation that would strip future Virginia governors of their power to handpick the state’s elections commissioner ran into trouble...
An admissions policy adopted by the Fairfax County School Board in 2020 to promote greater diversity at the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and...
Virginia lawmakers seem to agree that kids spending too much time on social media is a problem. But they’re not ready to pass new laws on...
While federal and state agencies are on track to meet oyster restoration goals for the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, a new report from the...
The patron of a bill that would have required Virginia schools to check their bathrooms every half-hour said Democrats killed the legislation because he is a...
The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia said Thursday that he’ll make “personnel changes” after the party published a social media post attacking House Speaker...
A second employee of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority has filed a lawsuit against ABC, alleging he was wrongfully put on administrative leave this May...
State lawmakers have advanced bills that would allow public sector employees to use medical cannabis without losing their jobs. House Bill 149, introduced by Del. Dan...
The Virginia Department of Education is facing two lawsuits over transgender student policies revised by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration that prioritize parents’ rights. On Thursday, the...
As Virginia’s General Assembly clears the midpoint of its legislative session, lawmakers are backing several changes to help ease the strain on the state’s psychiatric hospital...
Virginia’s House and Senate have approved different versions of legislation that could help advance the deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the state, despite environmental...
Proposals to legalize and regulate thousands of slots-like skill games in Virginia convenience stores, restaurants, and truck stops, easily cleared both chambers of the General Assembly...
Statewide prohibitions on outdoor burning near woods or dry grass before 4 p.m. will go into effect Feb. 15 and run through April 30, as Virginia’s...
As it gets more and more expensive to win a seat in the Virginia General Assembly, the state legislature continues to find new ways to stifle...
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan tax package passed by the U.S. House last month is not a done deal, but the proposal’s supporters say it could restore...
A plan backed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to construct an arena for the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals in Northern Virginia ran into trouble this...
State lawmakers did not advance legislation this session that aimed to slow rising rent prices, although affordable housing remains a big concern for constituents. Two proposed...
Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates forced their Republican colleagues to take an up-or-down vote Monday on a sweeping anti-abortion bill one lawmaker called “a...
Three months ago, Kelly Phillips got a letter from Virginia officials warning her that the small cake pop business she runs out of her home was...
Two groups in the Shenandoah Valley are at odds over what to do with an unused railway after the General Assembly pledged $35 million toward its...
Virginia’s General Assembly is considering legislation that would limit some of the authority local governments have to regulate short-term rentals like those offered through Airbnb and...
Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few of lawmakers’ 2024...