Both the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions saw political gridlock over how the then-politically divided General Assembly should fill commissioner vacancies. Democrats opened this session in full control of both chambersafter November's elections,giving them the leeway to advan...
Virginia’s General Assembly convenes in January. We will see what if any new legislative proposals come from the Democrats, which still control the State Senate. 2023 is also an election year with the entire assembly up for re-election. ...
The Virginia General Assembly will grant more than $1.5 million in compensation for a man convicted of a sexual abuse crime in 1994, who was later granted a writ of innocence.
The structure of the Virginia state government follows the set-up of the United States government set-up very closely. The Virginia General Assembly comprises a 100-member House of Delegates and a 40-member Senate. The state constitution allows the legislative branch to enact several laws, approve...
Intuit may have convinced a gullible General Assembly to scrap the state’s free iFile site in 2010, but that doesn’t mean I need to reward its successful regulatory capture with my own business when state taxes aren’t that hard and I can always file on paper. Posted in How-to, ...
Virginia General Assembly Advocacy Fact Sheets The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has created and/or compiled the following fact sheets regarding some of the priority issues of this legislative session. We will be updating this list throughout the session as we develop additional content. 2024 ...
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2023 Legislative Report Card grades members of the Virginia General Assembly on their voting record on key business issues including those that will foster long-term economic growth and those that would harm our business climate. This year’s scores were based ...
Before the polls opened yesterday morning, Youngkin reposted@GovernorVA, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” By late evening, most registered voters cast their ballots for the Democratic candidates running for Virginia's General Assembly seats. ...
By SARAH RANKIN Updated 2:40 PM GMT+8, November 8, 2023 Share RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats who campaigned on protecting abortion rights swept Tuesday’s legislative elections, retaking full control of the General Assembly after two years of divided power. The outcome is a sharp...
Every General Assembly seat is on the ballot this year, withearly voting already underway, in an election cycle that will determine partisan control of the House of Delegates, now GOP-led, and the Democratic-controlled Senate. Virginia's narrow political divide...