Ned Oliver | Virginia Mercury

Demetrice Taylor works as a clerk at 7-Eleven in downtown Richmond, but with schools around the state closed for at least two weeks, she said that’s about to change.

For months, a handful of Virginia lawmakers had been pushing legislation that would grant access to paid sick time to thousands of workers.

Virginia will extend parole eligibility to people convicted of felonies they committed when they were under the age of 18, prompting convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to drop a resentencing request that had been pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Virginia lawmakers cleared residents to smoke industrial hemp Monday, though they say they didn’t really understand why anyone would want to.

Lawmakers in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly voted Tuesday to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driving privileges.

Virginia Democrats have made no secret that they planned to use their new majorities to decriminalize marijuana this year.

The General Assembly shut down proposals to legalize marijuana for the year, but lawmakers said this week they would study the issue and potentially move forward when they reconvene in 2021.

Legislation aimed at forcing student loan service companies to be more transparent and forthcoming in their dealings with borrowers cleared the House of Delegates with bipartisan support Monday.

If police pull you over in Virginia and say they smell marijuana, they have probable cause to search your car without a warrant.

A suite of LGBT-friendly legislation cleared the Virginia Senate on Tuesday.

Republicans imposed a 24-hour-waiting period and mandatory ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in 2012 when they last controlled both branches of the General Assembly and the Executive Mansion.

Activists are accusing the development team behind a major arena proposal of paying people who held signs supporting the controversial $1.5 billion plan at Richmond City Council meeting.

Virginia Republicans promised a “thoughtful and deliberative study” of gun legislation when they abruptly adjourned a special legislative session called by Gov. Ralph Northam following a May mass shooting in Virginia Beach.

The debate over so-called “skill games” in Virginia reached new heights Tuesday outside a strip mall in Chesterfield.

Presented with a generic ballot, 51 percent of likely voters said they plan to vote for a Democrat and 37 percent said they plan to vote for a Republican.

With candidates on both sides of the aisle campaigning on promises to ensure access to affordable care, it’s not always easy to discern exactly what’s at stake when voters head to the polls.

New signs went up last month along Interstate 95.

he number of Virginians who support legalized recreational marijuana spiked over the past two years to 61 percent.

Lawyers in Richmond’s public defender’s office, in the midst of a campaign to increase their salaries, say they’re paid so much less than the prosecutors they face in court that it raises questions about whether low-income defendants are getting a fair shake at justice.

With a pivotal General Assembly election just over a month away, he’s looking less and less like a problem for the party.

A survey of Virginia voters released by University of Mary Washington shows four top Democratic presidential candidates with double-digit leads over President Donald Trump.

State officials got their first look Monday at a fleet of modern new SUVs that will begin to replace the police cars that currently transport subjects of involuntary mental health detentions to psychiatric hospitals around the state.

Bingo — once Virginia’s only legalized form of gambling and a lifeline for nonprofits — can’t go on much longer like this.

The games look and function like slot machines, advertising jackpots and spitting out cash vouchers.

At this point, most people have either gotten stuck with a surprise medical bill they thought would be covered by their health insurance or know someone who has.

The boxes, a relatively new addition that relies on infrared and ultraviolet beams to test individual vehicles’ exhaust as they pass, serve a dual purpose: if a car passes the sniff test, it can count as the required emissions inspection.

Six police officers were shot in Philadelphia on Wednesday. During the hours-long standoff, Virginia Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, took to Facebook to launch a fundraiser.

The state forensic science lab plans to distribute 15,000 field tests to police departments around Virginia that will help officers distinguish between hemp and marijuana plants, which can appear identical but carry very different legal implications.

State regulators fined a licensed professional counselor $1,000 after determining he issued a disability certification based solely on a brief form submitted online.

Bettors have responded enthusiastically to Virginia’s foray into expanded gambling, wagering $70.8 million last month at two new casinos opened by Colonial Downs.