Virginia legislature

The Virginia General Assembly passed multiple bills providing protections and benefits for the state’s domestic workers

Legislation aimed at improving bicycle safety will require Virginia motorists to change lanes when passing bicyclists if the travel lane is not wide enough to pass at least three feet to the left

A bill that aims to reduce carbon pollution in part by getting more zero-emissions vehicles on the road has cleared a key hurdle in the Virginia Senate

A Virginia Senate committee has defeated a series of bills that advocates had argued were needed to free up state regulators to set electric rates that are reasonable and fair

The state of Virginia has moved another step closer to ending capital punishment

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

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is outlining his plans to legalize marijuana and announcing his intention to give teachers a raise

Bike riding has become a popular activity during the pandemic. But not all helmets are designed equally. Susan Hogan has the top picks from Consumer Reports’ tests.

The Virginia House of Delegates has approved a budget that includes funding for a host of criminal justice and police reforms amid national unrest over racial injustice and police brutality

Virginia lawmakers have killed legislation that called for eliminating mandatory jail time for assaulting a police officer

Virginia lawmakers will hold a legislative session on Wednesday unlike any other in the state’s 400-year history.  As they grapple with how to handle fallout from the coronavirus, House Delegates plan to meet under a canopy outside the Capitol, while the Senate will meet in an event space at the Virginia Science Museum a couple of miles away.  Lawmakers...

Virginia lawmakers have given final passage to a comprehensive anti-discrimination bill intended to protect LGBTQ people

The Virginia Senate has blocked one of Gov. Ralph Northam’s top gun-control bills, making it another measure the Democratic governor supports that may not pass the legislature

Nearly five years ago, a group of advocacy organizations called on the Virginia legislature to increase its transparency. Lawmakers have made changes but now the coalition is asking for more. The group, Transparency Virginia, sent a letter in December to leaders of both parties in the state House and state Senate, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Beginning in 2015, Virginia lawmakers faced…

Virginia’s embattled lieutenant governor has urged authorities to investigate sexual assault allegations made against him, but hasn’t heeded calls to resign and it is unclear what comes next for the once-rising star of the state Democratic Party.

Confronted with a triple threat to the party’s top ranks, Virginia Democrats are trying to thread the needle, demanding anew that Gov. Ralph Northam resign but giving the benefit of the doubt — for the time being — to the lieutenant governor and attorney general.

With Virginia’s top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and the tangled political implications.

Virginia’s attorney general is the latest of the top elected officials in the state to face a scandal. He said Wednesday that he once wore blackface. News4’s Julie Carey has the latest details from Richmond on Gov. Ralph Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark Herring.

Virginia’s Democrats struggled to find their way out of three interlocking political crises Thursday that could bring down the party’s top elected officials and put a Republican in the governor’s chair.

One of the busiest days on the Virginia legislature’s calendar began under a cloud of suspense Tuesday as Gov. Ralph Northam weighed whether he can continue in the job amid the fallout over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.