When the Virginia General Assembly gavels in on Wednesday, lawmakers will face one of the most consequential and politically unusual sessions in years, with a new...
With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, Democrats are looking to make Virginia a firewall — and possibly a springboard — by retaking...
The Virginia General Assembly is set to reconvene Wednesday for what will likely be a long, one-day session that’s equal parts policymaking and political theater, as...
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’...
Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, said he’s not opposed to reconvening the General Assembly to address a public outcry over recent changes to...
Governor Glenn Youngkin took additional action on legislation sent to him by the General Assembly, signing 150 bipartisan bills. This marked a significant step forward in...
As Virginia General Assembly members and employees showed up to one of the final workdays of the legislative session, the perennial debate over guns got violently...
The 2024 General Assembly session came to a close Saturday on time, with the Democratic majority in both chambers sending the legislature’s budget and final bills...
In the first signals of how he’ll act on legislation approved by Virginia’s Democratic General Assembly, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a largely symbolic bill protecting same-sex...
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...
As Virginia’s General Assembly session draws to a close, lawmakers are still weighing whether Dominion and Appalachian Power customers should be on the hook for early...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has until the end of this week to act on dozens of bills the Democratic-controlled General Assembly sent him on a faster-than-normal timeline....
RICHMOND, Va. – Lawmakers passed bipartisan legislation to better protect victims of labor trafficking, who account for a large portion of human trafficking cases in Virginia....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An education coalition and lawmakers on Friday hosted a press conference to highlight legislative priorities, including teacher compensation. Several bills to improve teacher pay are working...
Two Virginia lawmakers are proposing sweeping measures to improve the state’s provision of special education services as criticisms from parents and the federal government over Virginia’s...
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...
The Virginia Senate on Monday passed a bill authorizing local governments to increase their local sales tax to fund school construction projects if voters approve the...
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...
In an attempt to stem what Democratic lawmakers say is an epidemic of guns being stolen from vehicles, the Virginia Senate passed legislation Thursday that would...
Two seats on the Virginia State Corporation Commission that have been vacant for over a year because of a political standoff are on the way to...
Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In the return of this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few...
Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In the return of this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few...