In the first three days of the General Assembly, Democrats passed four constitutional amendments.

Dominion’s victory is the third this week for offshore wind developers along the East Coast, who each challenged the Trump administration’s recent stop-work order.

“It's gonna feel good," he said just before his vote Wednesday.

In most years, the Commonwealth has gained federal civilian workers. The Trump administration’s cuts took away more than 20,000 government jobs last year.

The General Assembly started its 2026 legislative session this week. Several bills related to firearm safety are among the many issues that will be considered in the House of Delegates and State Senate. Joshua Horowitz is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who has been following the legislative efforts with a Democratic majority Richmond. WMRA’s Calvin Pynn asked him what this session could mean for gun violence intervention in the Commonwealth.

Members of the Virginia General Assembly are back in session this week. And they are debating the merits of affordability.

"Victims of human trafficking, who would testify against terrible perpetrators, no longer felt safe going to court," said immigration attorney Ryan Durazo.

The guide’s popularity is a window into a billion-dollar industry — and Hampton Roads’ slice of it.

“This is a new era for Virginia. An era not defined by chaos, but by competence. We got a new model," Speaker Don Scott said. "We want to make America boring again.”

The new platform does not change how mitigation banks are permitted or operated in Virginia, but could make it easier to move through the process.