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, 9+ hour ago   (215+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WWBT) - Eight people are recovering after a shooting Saturday night on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, according to police. Virginia Beach police responded to the 1400 block of Atlantic Avenue just before 10 p.m., where officers found eight people suffering from…...

5+ mon, 13+ 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, 6+ 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…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (300+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Democrats are growing worried about the outcome of the April 21 referendum that will help determine whether they can redraw district maps before midterms, with turnout emerging as their biggest challenge. Virginia Democrats modeled the redistricting push after…...

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…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (328+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Childcare strains are spilling from homes into workplaces across the commonwealth, according recent survey results from the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, The Virginia Chamber Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. “We know that childcare is…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (266+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia has received final federal approval for its plan to bring broadband internet to every home and business in the Commonwealth, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. The National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) signed off on Virginia’s…...