Markus Schmidt

Democrats defeat GOP-backed proposal in party-line vote, reigniting labor debates.

Democratic-led Privileges & Elections committee rejects tighter photo ID rules and shorter early voting, while backing ranked choice voting and bipartisan voter registration changes.

The Democratic-controlled Senate Privileges and Elections Committee on Tuesday afternoon struck down several Republican-backed bills aimed at restricting voting access in Virginia while advancing measures to expand ballot accessibility, including a local option for ranked choice voting. Defeated pr...

A sign out front of Chester Gap polling station on Election Day 2023.

Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg (left), Gov. Glenn Youngkin (center) and Lt. Gov.

Voters at a polling station in Buckingham County. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for the Virginia Mercury)

House passes bill to revoke UDC exemptions; Republicans push to protect monuments and historical markers.

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations tied to the Confederacy.

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations tied to the Confederacy.

Youngkin’s marquee tax cuts sidelined; cannabis marketplace advances to next stage.