Question one – a proposed constitutional amendment – is on ballots across the commonwealth. Supporters of the amendment say it will end gerrymandering as we know it, but opponents say it doesn’t go far enough.
After 59 days, one day longer than this year’s regular session in January, Virginia’s General Assembly has adjourned once again. The session tackled everything from COVID-19 relief to criminal justice reform, in a gathering held almost entirely online.
Governor Ralph Northam announced $65.8 million in new funding to increase access to child care and support child care providers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor Ralph Northam announced he has signed 16 new laws and proposed changes to five bills that will support the state’s ongoing COVID-19 response and advance criminal justice reform.
State officials ordered an outside investigation into VMI following a news report that described Black cadets and alumni facing relentless racism. The Board of Visitors has pledged its full cooperation in the investigation.
Governor Ralph Northam, and 10 other state leaders, are calling for an independent investigation after a Washington Post article detailed claims of alleged racist incidents at VMI.
Juneteenth has officially become a state holiday after lawmakers unanimously approved legislation during the Virginia General Assembly special session.
The Virginia General Assembly wrapped up the agenda this month for the special session that began Aug. 18. Legislators introduced over 50 police and criminal justice reform bills during the session.
A bill that would prohibit law enforcement from executing “no-knock” search warrants was sent to Gov. Ralph Northam’s desk after the House voted on it Wednesday.
A system outage that prevented voter registration on deadline line has prompted several voting rights groups to call on the courts to extend the deadline by 48. A federal lawsuit is now filed, and a court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Del. Elizabeth Guzmán plans to reintroduce a bill during the next General Assembly session that would require Virginia employers to provide paid quarantine leave during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a $10,000 reward to identify suspects responsible for tampering with mail collection boxes across central Virginia.
Governor Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that $30 million in funding from the CARES Act would be used to improve broadband access in underserved localities.
A Richmond grand jury is deliberating 18 sealed indictments related to actions by city police officers during the weeks of unrest in Richmond this summer, according to a statement from Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin.
Governor Ralph Northam says he continues to recover from COVID-19. In a Facebook post Monday, he said, “Over the weekend, I developed some mild cold-like symptoms, but I am feeling good and continue to do the work of the Commonwealth.”
After more than a month of deliberation and debate, House Democrats passed a budget proposal earlier this week. The $134 billion financial plan for the next two years is supplemented in part by CARES Act funding.
After President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19, leaders in the commonwealth released statements showing their support and well wishes.
Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have approved a proposal to establish a statewide system that pairs teams of mental health professionals and peer recovery specialists with police officers responding to mental health crises.
The State Corporation Commission has rejected a bid by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to extend a moratorium on utility service disconnections that was set to expire on Monday.
Virginia is trending blue but recently both campaigns for President of the United States have put a focus on the state to vie for the commonwealth and its 13 electoral college votes.
Former Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox has filed paperwork to run for governor in 2021. Cox joins a small field of Republicans looking to enter the race.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia said there are 6,658 fewer students at Virginia’s public and private institutions of higher education this fall. The biggest drop was at community colleges, where enrollment fell 10%.
A city council committee in Virginia’s capital has voted against a proposal that would ban police from using crowd control tactics such as rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades and tear gas on demonstrators.
The House spending plan approved Tuesday allocates $28.4 million for a host of criminal justice and police reforms amid national unrest over racial injustice and police brutality
The Republican Party of Virginia says state elections officials have created confusion among voters ahead of the November election by failing to make it clear that a witness signature requirement for absentee voters has been waived.
A raffle held in the name of Bob Good’s campaign at Saturday’s ‘God, Guns, and a Good Time Rally’ in Fluvanna County appears to have violated state gambling and campaign finance laws.
On his Twitter page, Governor Northam thanks his fellow friends and Virginians for the ‘prayers and kind wishes’ as he and First Lady Pam Northam recover from COVID-19.
Democrat incumbent Mark Warner and Republican challenger Daniel Gade debated virtually everything from healthcare to when Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the supreme court should be filled.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is announcing a new plan to refinance debt related to construction on college campuses, a move he said will save public colleges $300 million over the next two years.
The Virginia Department of Elections has launched a new absentee mail-in ballot tracker to allow voters to follow their ballots before receiving them, and after they’re sent back to the registrar, to make sure they're processed.
A Virginia Senate committee has killed legislation that would have required employers to provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave for workers who have to quarantine because of COVID-19.
Mayors of both Confederate capital cities, both Black men, discussed their experiences with racism and action taken in their cities during calls for racial justice.
Governor Northam addressed a variety of topics in his briefing Tuesday, including an uptick of case in Southwest Virginia, the COVIDWISE app, and elections.
Several of Virginia’s publicly funded economic development incentive programs have limited benefit and either need to be overhauled or eliminated, according to a new report published Monday by the state’s legislative watchdog agency.
Virginia lawmakers are pushing for changes to make it easier to decertify problem police officers and more difficult for them to hop from department to department.
The Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill that would create teams of mental health service providers and peer recovery specialists to accompany police officers responding to individual crises.
Virginia delegates passed several key changes on September 4, and voted down another, setting up a negotiating showdown with the State Senate on a final proposal.
Fires caused nearly $4 million in estimated damages over the first 18 days of protests this summer in Richmond, according to an analysis by city emergency officials.
Governor Ralph Northam says he’s signed voter protection legislation including expanding early voting access, paying for return postage on all absentee ballots and allowing absentee ballot drop boxes.
The Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a man from Fauquier County from carrying a loaded handgun onto an airplane at Richmond International Airport.
The Virginia Commission on African American History Education turned in its final recommendations on how African American history is taught in Virginia schools to Governor Ralph Northam on Thursday, Sept. 3.
An attorney representing the campaign for presidential candidate Kanye West has filed a motion asking Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring to recuse himself from representing the State Board of Elections in a ballot access lawsuit.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wants Dominion Energy to forgive unpaid residential electric bills by taking $320 million that regulators say the company previously overcharged.
Attorney General Mark Herring has filed a motion for an emergency hearing in the lawsuit trying to block rapper Kanye West from appearing on the November ballot.
