virginia politics

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

Democrat Candi King leads GOP challenger Heather Mitchell by a thin margin in the House District 2 special election.

Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase reversed course Friday, saying she would no longer run for governor as an independent and would instead seek the Republican nomination for the race

A Northern Virginia delegate who led the charge to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified this year has announced plans to step down from the General Assembly to focus on her bid for governor. “I’m stepping down from the House of Delegates to focus 100% of my time on building a grassroots movement to meet this moment,” Del. Jennifer Carroll…

Republican former Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox is making his gubernatorial run official

An effort to end centuries of partisan gerrymandering in Virginia is up for consideration by the state’s voters

The Virginia House of Delegates has passed several pieces of gun-control legislation, but some of the measures face an uncertain future in the more conservative Senate

A Virginia police department has opened an internal investigation after an officer let a lawmaker off with a warning after stopping him on suspicion of intoxicated driving and giving him a breathalyzer test that showed an alcohol level slightly above the legal limit

Virginia lawmakers have voted to ban firearms at the state Capitol, the first in what’s expected to be many contentious gun votes in coming weeks. Newly empowered Democrats in the General Assembly voted Friday to ban guns at the Capitol and a legislative office building, saying the move was needed to protect public safety. Republicans have voiced opposition to...

The Justice Department has issued a finding that an expired pair of deadlines imposed by Congress decades ago means it’s too late for more states to ratify it now.

An increasingly diverse Virginia General Assembly is convening Wednesday, led for the first time in more than two decades by Democrats who are promising to enact a litany of changes.

Virginia’s governor is calling this the most consequential legislative session in a generation. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.