3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (208+ words) (VIRGINIA MERCURY) - Virginia lawmakers are set to return to Richmond this month for another attempt to reach a budget deal, with just days until the start of the new fiscal year and no agreement yet on the state’s next two-year…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (312+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Governor Abigail Spanberger signed gun reform legislation Monday, April 13, ahead of a midnight deadline to take action on bills passed by the General Assembly. The new laws are among the first Spanberger signed that passed on party-line…...

5+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (268+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Democratic elected officials participated in a Vote YES rally at Random Row Brewing Co. in Charlottesville, urging people to vote yes on the commonwealth’s April 21 redistricting referendum. Among them was Virginia Sen. Mark Warner. His stop in…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (176+ words) (VIRGINIA MERCURY) - Virginia is poised to reenter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative this summer, a move that could again add a monthly charge to electricity customers’ bills as utilities resume buying carbon credits. State officials expect the commonwealth to participate…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (271+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Democrats in Richmond celebrated the passage of 16 bills through both the state House and Senate aimed at making life cheaper for Virginians on crossover day. The bills aim at the cost of housing, energy, healthcare, and renters…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (392+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia’s former Attorney General has joined the campaign against mid-decade redistricting as the legal and political battle grows fiercer. Jason Miyares tells 29News that the Commonwealth is in an “unprecedented era,” as Virginia Democrats work to push legislation…...