Earlier proposals to put an additional $100 million in state funds toward upgrades to Richmond’s combined sewer overflow system got edged out of this year’s budget deal to fund other initiatives.
A Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates sent a mass political email to the Williamsburg-James City County school division where she works shortly after criticizing her Republican opponent for dropping off campaign-funded doughnuts at some of the same schools.
Several Virginia businesses have been hit with five-figure fines this month as state officials start enforcing stricter new rules on the contents and labeling of hemp products to try to crack down on alternatives to marijuana.
There’s a new push from state Republicans to cast your vote early. The Republican Party of Virginia is now embracing early voting as a way to win this November.
At Fort Barfoot near Blackstone, Governor Glenn Youngkin visited and prayed with the members of the Virginia National Guard who are set to be deployed to the southern border.
Supporters call the bill ‘unapologetically aspirational," as legislators mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling which ended protection for abortion under Roe versus Wade.
A new Virginia law requires schools to inform parents when sexually explicit materials are used in the classroom. Some districts are using that law as the basis to remove certain books from schools altogether.
It’s doubtful Virginia will see a deal on state spending before the new budget year begins on July 1, but both sides are jockeying for position in case we see a special session of the General Assembly in the weeks ahead.
The State Air Pollution Control Board took its final step to withdraw Virginia from a regional carbon market, sending the action to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office for final action.
Virginia Del. Amanda Batten, R-James City, bought almost 1,000 doughnuts and set out to give them to public school teachers in her Williamsburg-area district. However, not everyone appreciated the gesture.
Two candidates, going door-to-door, are making sure those who answer know exactly what’s on the line for voters in a newly drawn Virginia Senate District 13.
Virginia has a new Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security after the governor’s office announced Robert Mosier is stepping down from the role.
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