The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) is announcing the launch of the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Historic Preservation Fund, a grant...
Over the last few years, many Virginia officials have made it clear they don’t want the state to venerate Robert E. Lee anymore officially. The...
• A jury awarded less than $4,000 in damages to Army Lt. Caron Nazario in his lawsuit over a controversial 2020 traffic stop he was subjected...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration is tentatively backing a top Republican lawmaker’s proposal to reauthorize so-called skill machines in Virginia and use some of the money they...
Along party lines, a Virginia Senate committee on Tuesday voted to kill a slate of Republican proposals to repeal the state’s adoption of California’s Clean Car...
• A Virginia Senate committee blocked a bill backed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin that would have allowed felony homicide charges to be brought against drug dealers...
As Virginia continues to struggle with teacher shortages, lawmakers have proposed many bills that aim to address low job satisfaction among public school teachers. The state’s...
Terry Kilgore has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1994. During that time, there have been four years in which the...
For a second year, Republicans are attempting to roll back sweeping Democratic legislation that tied Virginia to carbon emission reduction goals in the power and...
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the General Fund revenue collections for December 2022. Through the first half of the fiscal year, adjusting for policy actions and timing...
• After a political comeback built partly on an image as a reformed family man, Sen. Joe Morrissey is now having an explosive public rift with...
At a sleek new store called Cannabist in Richmond’s Carytown shopping district, anyone with an easy-to-obtain medical cannabis card can buy a full range of...
On Jan. 17, Prince William County teachers and staff will begin voting on whether to join the growing number of public-sector workers who have maneuvered through...
• Del. Nick Freitas, R-Culpeper, filed a bill allowing pregnant women to count their fetuses as a passenger for the purpose of driving in HOV...
Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this occasional series, the Virginia Mercury will look at a few proposals that might...
Nearly a million dollars sits in a state scholarship fund for people denied a public education during Massive Resistance when Virginia imposed a set of...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration halted efforts to site a Ford battery plant in Virginia late last year over concerns about Chinese Communist Party influence. Speaking to...
Attorney General Jason Miyares announced six indictments secured by his Unemployment Compensation Fraud Unit on January 12, 2023. Brett Jenkins, Gloucester; charged with one count of...
Virginia cryptocurrency investors hope lawmakers will consider regulatory policies for the digital asset industry in the 2023 General Assembly, saying a framework is needed with the...
On January 11, 2023, Governor Youngkin delivered the State of the Commonwealth address, where he shared his vision for a Virginia where the next generation can...
• A Republican member of the House of Delegates has filed a bill to set a $9 state minimum wage for children.—WRIC • “Months after Gov. Glenn...
Virginia Republicans’ push for parental rights, a term used to cover a range of policies from so-called school choice to oversight of public school library...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin asked Virginia lawmakers to put aside partisan differences and “get more done” in a State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday that kicked...
On January 10, 2023, Attorney General Miyares announced his priorities for the 2023 General Assembly session. “This session, my office is supporting common-sense legislation that supports...
• In a jailhouse interview, one of the men Richmond police accused of plotting a Fourth of July mass shooting called the still-unproven claim a lie...
Virginia experts say a new broadband map released by the federal government that tracks whether people have Internet access at their address likely has extensive errors...
Democrat Aaron Rouse, a former professional football player who served on the Virginia Beach City Council, declared victory in a closely watched special election Tuesday for...
As the 2023 legislative session looms, legislators have filed two competing electric rate reform bills, one focused on giving state regulators greater power to lower rates...
With many medication prices rising faster than inflation, Democrats in both the House and Senate are proposing that Virginia create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board with...
Two Virginia lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow the use of the psychedelic drug psilocybin for medicinal purposes and decrease penalties for possession, citing research...