Brianne Chapman, center, holds up sign near members of the Kekoa Virginia Militia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, speaks during a Second Amendment Rights rally on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Demonstrators march toward the General Assembly building at the state Capitol in support of various bills on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The march was organized by New Virginia Majority.
Demonstrators put down signs before entering the General Assembly building at the state Capitol in support of various bills on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The march was organized by New Virginia Majority.
Demonstrators enter the General Assembly building at the state Capitol in support of various bills on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The march was organized by New Virginia Majority.
Demonstrators put down signs before entering the General Assembly building at the state Capitol in support of various bills on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The march was organized by New Virginia Majority.
Demonstrators wait to enter the General Assembly building at the state Capitol in support of various bills on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The march was organized by New Virginia Majority.
Assaddique Abdul-Rahman, and organizer with New Virginia Majority, leads a chant during a demonstration in support of various bills outside of the General Assembly building at the state Capitol on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Assaddique Abdul-Rahman, and organizer with New Virginia Majority, leads a chant during a demonstration in support of various bills outside of the General Assembly building at the state Capitol on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Demonstrators enter the General Assembly building at the state Capitol in support of various bills on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The march was organized by New Virginia Majority.
Young demonstrators attend a gun safety rally at the state Capitol on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Speaker of the House Don Scott, D-Portsmith, speaks to a crowd during a gun safety rally at the state Capitol on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Demonstrators attend an afternoon gun safety rally at the Bell Tower in Capitol Square on Lobby Day on Monday.
House Speaker Don Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth, said it makes no sense to act now on skill game legislation, especially after Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a previous compromise that had passed the chamber by just one vote.
Young demonstrators attend a gun safety rally at the state Capitol on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Demonstrators attend a gun safety rally at the state Capitol on Lobby Day on Monday.
A demonstrator holds a sign at a gun safety rally at the state Capitol on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, speaks during a Second Amendment Rights rally on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
A flag is waved during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Virginians on both sides of the gun debate make their case during Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday. Brianne Chapman holds up a sign near members of the Kekoa Virginia Militia during a Second Amendment rights rally hosted by the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
A demonstrator, who goes by Rustpit, stands in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Cam Edwards of Farmville speaks at the state Capitol on Lobby Day on Monday during a Second Amendment rights rally hosted by the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
Del. Delores Oates, R-Warren, speaks during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Brianne Chapman holds up sign near members of the Kekoa Virginia Militia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
A demonstrator holds up a sign during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Members of the Kekoa Virginia Militia hold guns during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day at the state Capitol on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Demonstrators hold flags in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Demonstrators stands in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
A demonstrator holds up a sign at the state Capitol on Lobby Day on Monday during a gun rights rally hosted by the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
Jason Hazelwood holds a flag in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Eddir Garcia, a Republican Senate candidate, speaks to demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
A demonstrator, who goes by Rustpit, stands in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia on Lobby Day on Monday during a Second Amendment rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League.
Jason Hazelwood holds a flag in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia during a Second Amendment Rights rally hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League on Lobby Day on Monday, Jan 15, 2024.
Jess Bookout, left, and Leslie Floyd attend Lobby Day to talk about early childhood education.
Virginians gathered for Lobby Day at the Virginia General Assembly include People wearing “Guns Save Lives” stickers in the lobby of the General Assembly Building.
On Lobby Day, Madison Brumbaugh, second from left, vice president of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, speaks with lawmakers, including Del. Michael Jones, D-Richmond, left; Del. Chris Obenshain, R-Montgomery; and Del. Wendell Walker, R-Lynchburg.
What Virginians see when they walk into convenience stores could change after two bills sailed through the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
The woman was found dead in a cave on private family property Saturday, Chief Deputy Scott Moye said.
The emphasis on the tip line came as police announced a successful undercover operation that resulted in multiple arrests connected to human trafficking and sex crimes in Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties.
Two new directions for colleges and universities got a push in a Senate panel, including a measure that says admissions offices cannot favor legacy applicants or children of big donors.
For more than a year, local governments say Airbnb has been flouting Virginia law, refusing to send them basic tax information.
House and Senate bills were prompted by what Virginia Secretary of Finance Stephen Cummings last year called the five-alarm fire that is Hopewell’s finances.
The one bill that would have fully eliminated the car tax is dead in the General Assembly. What comes next for the challenge that Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued to legislators?
Sometimes, Virginia legislators change their collective minds about significant issues without saying a word about why.
Youngkin met with WMATA management and then rode the Metro to the Potomac Yard station, next to the site of the proposed 20,000-seat Capitals/Wizards arena.
The General Assembly wants more independence for a state-owned liquor monopoly that is not generating the revenues or profits it had promised.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has a Friday deadline to act on certain bills. The Senate majority leader says the days will say much about the legislature's next two years.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the General Assembly budget's expansion of the sales tax and rejoining of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would result in $2.5 billion in new taxes.
The compromise avoids a showdown with Gov. Youngkin over modernizing Virginia's tax code and returning to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. It also sidesteps debate over electronic skill games.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin and General Assembly leaders disagree on when to take another look at education benefits for the families of veterans killed or almost completely disabled on active duty.
The Virginia legislature has been at work for barely a week, but the antics have already begun.
