CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session is halfway over, and lawmakers are now focusing on how to get bills signed into law.

From transgender athletes to school vouchers, assault weapons to a legal cannabis market, issues sidelined in this session ...

This article outlines key housing-related bills discussed during the General Assembly's legislative session in Virginia, including efforts to promote affordable housing and enhance renter protections.

After Glenn Youngkin ran successfully on education and cultural issues four years ago, the GOP is hoping to expand the ...

More than 1,000 bills are filed for Virginia General Assembly consideration each year. Here’s a look at three that involve swastikas, free water at restaurants and a cigarette sale loophole.

For the second consecutive year, bills aimed at legalizing cannabis retail sales have passed through both the Virginia House and Senate. Past story: Bill to legalize retail marijuana sales advancing t ...

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

Virginia moves legislation on swastikas, free water at restaurants that sale alcohol and retail cigarette deliveries ...

RICHMOND — Virginia’s Democratic-led Senate and House of Delegates debated tax relief and economic stability Thursday before ...

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Incumbent Janet Howell defeated Arthur Purves in the general election for Virginia State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2019.

State Sen. Mamie Locke (D-23): "This amendment is about ... Denying entire classes of citizens the right to vote is a racist vestige of Jim Crow-era laws, and Virginia legislators need to leave this ...

U.S. state flags fly ... and West Virginia, which considered a high volume of measures in both 2023 and 2024. While Republicans led most of these legislative efforts (sponsoring about 73 percent ...