General Assembly

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the importance of next year’s election in the future of abortion rights in the state.

Gov. Larry Hogan has submitted a supplemental budget of about $292 million to the General Assembly

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on efforts in the Virginia General Assembly to repeal the red flag law that enables law enforcement to seize weapons from those in crisis.

A law that would end school mask mandates has advanced to the next step in Virginia. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder updates progress on a Virginia bill that would require parents be notified about sexually explicit material available in schools.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the opening session of Virginia’s General Assembly.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin’s visit to the governor’s mansion and state lawmakers planning for his administration.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on priorities as Virginia’s General Assembly convenes.

Virginia lawmakers have all but wrapped up a special legislative session by approving a new state budget that gives bonuses to police, pays for new criminal justice reforms, and extends moratoriums on evictions and utility shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic

Virginia Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Reeves posted on Facebook that he was tested Monday after experiencing “mild cold symptoms.” After getting a positive result, he immediately started to self-quarantine, he wrote. The news came less than a week after the Virginia General Assembly convened for a special session. The special session involves both…

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the opening day of Virginia’s General Assembly special session.

The coronavirus pandemic is upending a Virginia legislative session as lawmakers in surgical masks sat far apart to abide by social distancing restrictions at separate spots in Richmond

An unprecedented General Assembly session in Richmond Wednesday where the House met outdoors to social distance while the Senate met at a museum. Protesters jammed the streets calling for lawmakers to reopen Virginia. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Gov. Ralph Northam plans to push back decisions on whether to give teachers and state workers raises, freeze in-state college tuition, and other new spending items in a proposed state budget in response to the coronavirus

Americans have been told to practice “social distancing” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but that hasn’t prevented people across the country from lifting the spirits of those in need and saying thanks to those on the front lines of the crisis.

The Maryland General Assembly has given final approval to a far-reaching education measure

The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in a case involving sales of her self-published children’s books.

A growing number of rural Virginia counties are declaring they will not implement any gun reforms passed by the newly elected Democratic majority.

An army of Confederate monuments dots Virginia’s landscape but some of those statues could soon start coming down after Election Day gave Democrats control of the General Assembly for the first time in decades.

Democrats from Virginia’s House of Delegates have nominated Eileen Filler-Corn to be the first female Speaker of the House in state history.