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What's Alive And What's Dead At The Virginia General Assembly's 2026 Midway Point
Democrats advance constitutional amendments, gun restrictions, immigration limits and a minimum wage hike as budget negotiations loom.
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Virginia On Track To Establish Paid Family Medical Leave Program For Workers
Virginia lawmakers are a step closer to setting up paid family medical leave for up to 12 weeks.
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Paid Sick Leave Bill Passes Virginia House Of Delegates
House Bill 5, by Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler, D-Virignia Beach, passed on a 63 to 35 vote.
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Lawmakers Debate How To Regulate Data Centers' Diesel Backup Generators
In its original version, the bill would have mandated that data centers invest more in pricier but less toxic Tier IV generators.
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SCC Declines To Reconsider Chesterfield Gas Plant Approval, Advocacy Groups Appeal Air Permit
An appeal was filed in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond.
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650 Acres At Dragon Run Protected For Its Ecological And Cultural Significance
Researchers and volunteers are now documenting wildlife, native flora, and the area’s deep ties to Indigenous communities.
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Supreme Court Of Virginia Greenlights Redistricting Referendum
“Now it’s up to voters,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Friday in response to the high court’s order.
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Bill To Create A Prescription Drug Affordability Board Clears House Of Delegates
Also called the “Affordable Medicine Act,” lawmakers are trying again to set caps on certain prescription drug prices.
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Bill To Ensure Minimum Wage For Farmers Advances In Va. House Of Delegates
Democrats push farm worker minimum wage bill for a third year.
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Biosolids Ban Bill Watered Down As Negotiations Over Testing, Notification Continue
Proponents push for stricter regulations on fertilizer laced with “forever chemicals."
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Bill That Would Have Required Patients Receive Info On ‘Baby Boxes' Prior To Abortions Defeated
The devices aren’t used widely in Virginia; Hamilton said she wanted more people to learn about them through her legislation.
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Democrats Celebrate A Handful Of Housing Affordability Bills Clearing The House Of Delegates
From renter protections to boosting housing stock, proposals that clear one chamber must clear the other in the legislative session.
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Legislators Debate Bills To Reshape How Va. University Governing Boards Operate
The pending laws follow fights between legislators and the Youngkin administration over board appointments.
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‘It Was Not About Me': VA Centenarian Rejects House Honor She Never Approved
"I realized this was not about me, it was about McGuire," Edith Younger Edmunds said in a phone interview with The Mercury.
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House Panel Advances Bills Limiting ICE Activity In Virginia
The package would require judicial warrants for courthouse arrests and restrict immigration enforcement in schools and polling places.
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Bills To Bolster Local Emergency Management Personnel Funding Punted
A DEM report found more than 5 million Virginians don't have “sufficient staffing to maintain the critical functions” of emergency mgmt.
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Hampton Roads Mayors Want Virginia Localities To Keep Control Over Collective Bargaining
A proposal in the General Assembly could remove local governments’ say on public employee unions’ bargaining rights.
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Affordability Or Tax Hikes? Spanberger Agenda Caught In Political Crossfire
Republicans seize on dormant Democratic tax bills to attack the new governor, even as lawmakers advance measures aimed at lowering costs.
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‘We Don't Want To Become The Dumping Grounds': Biosolids Bill Advances
Community concerns over PFAS continue to grow across the commonwealth.
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Virginia On Track To Reform Probation Following Bipartisan Bills
Unlikely allies worked to pass probation reform bills last year that created a workgroup to refine the proposal this year.
