Chesterfield, (House Bill 1716 and Senate Bill 1105) have cleared both chambers, Youngkin again has three choices: sign them ...

Despite near defeat and intense debate, a proposal to regulate automated license plate readers is still alive in Virginia’s ...

A political battle over transgender health care has left Virginia families from Charlottesville to Norfolk scrambling to ...

(Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) Democratic lawmakers celebrated the continued advancement of a suite of bills and budget amendments aimed at improving maternal health outcomes, dubbed the ...

Virginia State Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025. Charlotte Rene Woods / Virginia Mercury Lawmakers are trying to lift the decades-long cap on state-funded support positions for public schools through ...

(Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods) A push to enshrine Virginia’s “right-to-work” laws in the state constitution was blocked Tuesday by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, which voted ...

There were tears, yells and a call of “out of order” but by the end of the day Virginia’s Senate on Tuesday passed three resolutions aimed at enshrining certain civil ...

Charlotte Rene Woods covers politics for the Virginia Mercury following several years of state, local and federal government coverage at other Virginia outlets, including the Richmond Times ...

(Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/ Virginia Mercury) A group of Republican attorneys general — including Virginia’s Jason Miyares — is pressuring Costco “to end all unlawful discrimination imposed” by ...

(Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/ Virginia Mercury) A group of Republican attorneys general — including Virginia’s Jason Miyares — is pressuring Costco “to end all unlawful discrimination ...