In a recent move that has drawn attention nationwide, Virginia’s Attorney General, Jason Miyares, has taken a significant step by addressing a letter to the White...
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...
A state senator whose law firm helped the skill game industry fight Virginia’s ban on the slots-like gambling machines is among the few senators picked to write...
Onzlee Ware, who died earlier this month, was a former Democratic state legislator from Roanoke and the first Black judge appointed to the city’s Circuit Court....
Without taking a recorded vote, a Virginia House of Delegates committee on Wednesday again blocked legislation that would bring the state in line with the rest...
In a significant step toward honoring the legacy of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns, the Commission on Historical Statues in the United States Capitol has...
RICHMOND, Va. — Bills that will provide high schoolers with hazing prevention instruction have passed the General Assembly. Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, introduced Senate Bill 379...
After a handful of Democratic-backed bills aimed at addressing the rise in behavioral issues in schools died last session, lawmakers are pushing forward legislation to improve...
Legislation that would end Virginia’s issuance of two license plates that honor Robert E. Lee as “The Virginia Gentleman” and spotlight the Sons of Confederate Veterans...
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...
RICHMOND, Va. – Attorney General Jason Miyares has formally addressed the Virginia General Assembly, advocating for the retention of limitations on the enhanced earned sentence credit...
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...
The contributions of women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military will be highlighted March 17-23, 2024 during Virginia Women Veterans Week....
Virginia State Police is stressing pedestrian safety, following an alarming uptick in pedestrian deaths on Virginia roads. Since Feb. 11, 2024, there have been ten pedestrians...
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...
RICHMOND, Va. — Industrial hemp farmers were disappointed to see a measure killed in the House that would have increased the percentage of THC allowed in...
RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers continued until the next session two bills that created penalties for deceptive use of artificial intelligence software amid a growing number of...
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...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s yearslong push for tax cuts is still running up against stiff opposition in the General Assembly. His marquee proposal to bring a professional...
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...