The General Assembly is pushing through another bill vetoed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin last year that would enable all Virginia localities to amend their zoning ordinances ...

Child welfare bills sail through General Assembly on unanimous votes as legislator concern for vulnerable youth crosses party lines ...

Legislation proposed to change the state’s wildland classification will be the subject of an upcoming hearing. State Sen.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares issued a letter Jan. 30 on city’s election system to address questions posed by Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer. The mayor asked the attorney general ...

Tuesday marked the deadline for crossover, when bills that have passed one chamber head over to the other for a vote. Legislators voted on a number of housing bills designed to lessen ...

At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded Monday when a car bomb exploded in the outskirts of a northern Syrian city.

This is the second time this bill has gone through the General Assembly, after Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a version last year ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to ...

This week, the Senate approved bills that would ban ghost guns and exclude firearms from mental health hospitals. If they get ...

Local governments should retain authority to make decisions about when renewable infrastructure is located, .agriculture ...

Democrats who control the Virginia Senate rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments in a move the governor called “petty.” ...

A view of the Virginia House of Delegates Chamber in Richmond. (Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury) More than 1,000 bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, ...