Democrat Simonds says "all options are still on the table."
Includes one last push to expand Medicaid.
Nearly 1,800 laws were passed during the 2017 General Assembly that wrapped Saturday. Many deal with industry minutiae (the number of menhaden allowed to be caught in a year) or […]
That was the mantra on the third floor of the General Assembly Building on Wednesday, where pages held a “yard” sale filled with stuff that’s accumulated in lawmakers’ office cabinets […]
Virginia has plenty of history: Jamestown, a plethora of Founding Fathers, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and more. But Del. Delores McQuinn, D-Richmond, thinks there’s history that’s gone unnoticed: […]
High-schoolers will get a mandatory lesson in consent during sex-ed classes if Gov. Terry McAuliffe signs HB2257, which passed both chambers. The bill was proposed by Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, […]
It’s halftime at the Virginia General Assembly. The state Senate and House of Delegates have finished hearing and deciding on their own bills, and those passed now will “cross over” […]
Attorney General Mark Herring and Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday that the state is joining legal action against President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. “This is not the United […]
More than 20 weighty ideas for state constitutional amendments were killed in one swift vote Monday morning by a Republican-led House of Delegates subcommittee, much to the chagrin of Democrats […]
Victims of “revenge porn” would have grounds to sue their tormentors if a state Senate bill by Jennifer Wexton, D-Loudoun, passes. The measure, SB1210, passed to the Senate floor on […]











