Virginia’s public colleges and universities could soon be required to livestream their Board of Visitors meetings, ensuring ...

In mid-morning, he ran downstairs and snarfed up a cake slice to celebrate state Senator Louise Lucas’s 81st birthday, amid a swarm of solicitous lobbyists. He had started his day at 7 a.m. at House ...

Hundreds of General Assembly bills have died as the 2025 session reaches its crossover day, the time when each body hands ...

Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, talks with reporters outside the House chamber at the state Capitol in Richmond on Jan. 8, 2025. (Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury) The legislature met only briefly to ...

Visitors will have a chance to get a close-up look at the project and watch archaeologists on site starting around March.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has proposed making Virginia the first state to deliver a no-tax-on-tips policy, but House Democrats ...

Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger are the current presumptive nominees in the race for governor.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Just weeks after former Rep. Abigail Spanberger left the U.S. House for good, she strolled onto the ...

The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons is responsible for co-ordinating the Government’s day-to-day business in the House and managing the overall legislative agenda of the Government.

Virginia was one of 12 divided state governments at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the ...

Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary. General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 50 Trudy Bell Berry is running in the general election for ...

FILE - Virginia State Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, listens to debate during the Senate session at the Capitol on March 10, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ...