A look back at the Virginia State Capitol building in the 60s and 70s.
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01-29-1970 (cutline): Capitol is focus for women lobbyists' work during session.
01-23-1973 (cutline): Maybe a last look--legislative page David King, 13, looks at model of the State Capitol by Thomas Jefferson which soon may be removed from the building.
02-06-1962 (cutline): Byrd (left) and Del. Pollard view model of Capitol at Commitees' session yesterday.
10-10-1963: Capitol's lunch room.
03-13-1972: Inside of Capitol.
01-13-1962 (cutline): Virginia's Capitol early today, all ready for the Harrison inaguration ceremony.
02-21-1968 (cutline): Sign proclaims 'Fire Lane' along north side of Capitol. Parked cars are almost bumper-to-bumper, but Fire Chief is tolerant.
03-20-1964: Easter Sunrise service at the Virginia State Capitol
03-12-1974:In March 1974 at the state Capitol, Virginia first lady Katherine Godwin  (second front right) unveiled a painting of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The work, by Jack Clifton of Hampton (front), was presented by the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution; it commissioned the painting in cooperation with the Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission. Assisting Godwin with the unveiling were state Sen. Edward E. Willey Sr. of Richmond and DAR official Mrs. John S. Biscoe.
A ninth state senator, John Cosgrove, R-Chesapeake, has decided not to seek reelection, setting the stage for a turnover of at least 25% in the upper chamber of the General Assembly.
In Virginia, the legislature pushed body-worn camera reform in the wake of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The legislation was welcomed, with critics and supporters of the police both saying transparency was needed around controversial police-civilian interactions.
Here's what it means for tax relief, pay raises, school funding, mental health and the environment.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is very much on the ballot Tuesday even though his name isn't.
State health leaders say they have gotten to the bottom of the Office of EMS's financial crisis, in which money was improperly used for years. Law enforcement agencies are investigating.Â
With the Rivanna Pump Station still flooded, officials don't know what went wrong.
An office that has misspent $33 million stopped making on-time payments to VCU Health five years ago. But no one in charge seemed to notice.Â
The seat of state government is becoming a battleground in a turf war between the General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin, with control of state agencies and buildings at stake.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin also signed 36 more bills, including one to permanently authorize sales of cocktails-to-go. That pandemic-era permission was to expire July 1.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
The state's Republican governor and Democratic controlled legislature face credibility questions after the highly public collapse of a proposed $2 billion sports and entertainment district to lure two pro teams.
The Attorney General's Office asked the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance about its support of "second look" legislation to let some inmates petition for reduced sentences.
Petersburg is getting a green light to pursue a casino, after Gov. Glenn Youngkin amended legislation authorizing the move.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to toughen state oversight of the games — boosting taxes they pay, dramatically raising the licensing fees and granting cities and counties authority to ban the machines.
Topsøe detailed plans for the plant, which will employ 150, at a news conference at its Denmark headquarters with Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who was in the country this week.
Jeff Goettman, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's departing chief of staff, was nearly invisible to the public but was very visible to Virginia's public agencies.
The General Assembly eliminated budget language that nullified 2020 legislation allowing some inmates a faster track to earn credit for reduced sentences.Â
The Virginia Department of Education employs 28 more people than it is authorized to by state law.
Virginia farmers who battled back after their mainstay customer shut its doors have cracked a new foreign market – in India – for a new product, a cut of turkey.
General Assembly budget leaders were poised on Tuesday to end a six-month political stalemate and agree on revisions to the $165 billion two-year budget the legislature adopted 14 months ago.
Here is a look at some of the bills to watch in the 2024 General Assembly session that starts Jan. 10.
Virginia has a green light from the Biden administration to use $1.48 billion in federal infrastructure funding to extend high-speed internet access to more than 133,000 unserved locations.
Legislators and interest groups have nailed down peace settlements in some of the biggest battles of the General Assembly session.
The House did not approve most of the $300 million in spending cuts that Youngkin proposed to boost the state's revenues to respond to a federal funding crisis.
Legislators and interest groups have nailed down peace settlements in some of the biggest battles of the General Assembly session.
Legislators and interest groups have nailed down peace settlements in some of the biggest battles of the General Assembly session.
Could the wooing of yet another industrial prospect to a rural Virginia site that Gov. Glenn Youngkin closed to a company in a fit of sinophobia represent early maneuvering for the U.S. Senate in 2026?
Federal largesse drives Virginia's economy and, by extension, its politics. A federal government shutdown could drive both into a ditch.
Ex-jock Glenn Youngkin is suiting up to sell legislators on a pro hockey and basketball arena in Alexandria but the governor could be dressed down in Richmond over his pricey use of private consultants to remake the Virginia bureaucracy.
The debate over alleged antisemitism at the Thomas Jefferson-founded University of Virginia is dividing, among others, Jews.
