Latest Virginia State General Assembly News
Loudoun board: delegate who attended mob march should resign
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Loudoun County's governing board called for the resignation on Wednesday of a Republican delegate who attended the Jan. 6 mob march on the Capitol and blamed violence on “paid provocateurs.” The Board of Supervisors passed a resolution urging Del. Dave LaRock, who...
Virginia Senate moves to censure lawmaker over Capitol riot
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate is advancing a resolution to censure a GOP lawmaker for “fomenting insurrection against the United States," saying she helped incite the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. A Senate committee voted Tuesday to approve the censure resolution...
Virginia bill would end civil commitment of sex offenders
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Virginia Democratic lawmakers are spearheading a push to repeal a decades-old law that allows the state to hold certain sex offenders at psychiatric facilities indefinitely after their criminal sentences if they are deemed “sexually violent predators.” Critics say...
Senate gathers on 'Lobby Day' under heightened security
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state lawmakers met under heightened security Monday amid concerns about possible civil unrest in state capitals in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Several gun-rights advocates came to Richmond on Monday, some of them heavily armed. The Martin...
Northam outlines priorities to lawmakers as session begins
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam outlined his plans to legalize marijuana and announced his intention to give teachers a raise Wednesday during an annual address to state lawmakers. The governor gave his State of the Commonwealth speech on the first day of the 2021 legislative...
Virginia delegate defends mob march, faces calls for ouster
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Loudoun County's top elected official is calling for the removal of a Virginia state delegate who participated in the mob march on the U.S. Capitol and then attacked his critics for failing to focus on “the needs of the colored community.” Del. Dave LaRock represents...
Lawmakers push for stronger oversight of Dominion's rates
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A group of Virginia lawmakers is set to push for stricter regulatory oversight of the state's dominant electric utility, saying Dominion Energy's customers have overpaid billions of dollars because of the company's outsized political sway. Virginia’s regulatory structure has...
COVID relief, marijuana legalization key in 2021 session
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are set to start this year's legislative session focused on COVID-19 relief efforts and legalizing marijuana. The 2021 session will kick off Wednesday, with lawmakers meeting away from the Capitol as the state continues to wrestle with the impacts of a global...
Virginia gubernatorial candidate faces Facebook restrictions
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia gubernatorial candidate who is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump has had new restrictions placed on her Facebook account after falsely blaming antifa activists for Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Democrats, meanwhile, called on her...
Citizens chosen for Virginia bipartisan redistricting panel
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A panel of judges has selected eight citizens who will join eight legislators on a bipartisan commission that will redraw Virginia's legislative boundaries for the next decade. A referendum approved by voters in November creates the 16-member commission to draw lines for Virginia's...
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