In a new joint resolution proposed in the Virginia General Assembly on Monday, Jan. 20, lawmakers are seeking to give recognition to the iconic Roanoke Star. Simply titled, “Commending the Roanoke Star,

A proposed change in the law that would give the state more powers to hold nursing homes accountable for poor performance cleared an early hurdle at the General Assembly.

An emotional General Assembly gathering to remember the 100 Black Virginians served in the Virginia General Assembly from the late 1870s to 1890 and in the 1867 constitutional convention.

Virginia lawmakers advanced legislation to remove tax breaks from multiple Confederate groups after Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) vetoed a similar bill last year.

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations tied to the Confederacy.

This week, the Senate approved bills that would ban ghost guns and exclude firearms from mental health hospitals. If they get through the House, the fate of all these bills will ultimately rest with Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin.

A proposed tax deduction for tipped income died in a House of Delegates subcommittee on Monday, as Democrats dealt the first blow to the package of tax cuts that Gov. Glenn Youngkin included in his proposed revisions to the state budget.

In his address to lawmakers, Youngkin called for an “all of the above” energy strategy to generate sufficient power to meet the state’s needs, including the increasing demands of the growing sector of data centers. The governor said he wants Virginia to be a leader in the data center industry.

The bill, which still needs to pass the House of Delegates, creates the right to obtain birth control and contraception.

A bill that would provide school counselors with the means to counsel students through telehealth mental health services advanced in the House of Delegates Tuesday.  The K-12 subcommittee voted 8-0 for HB2543 to be reported back to the floor.

The House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday that would allow courts to require speed-monitoring devices for drivers convicted of reckless driving or speeding over 100 mph. The bill, HB2096, which passed by a 81-16 vote,

Another bill aimed at Appalachian Power’s customer billing rates survived a House of Delegates subcommittee vote Tuesday as Southwest Virginia legislators try to rein in what they say are excessive charges on the region’s consumers.