The long and hard fight over a new state budget is proving its worth by extending a lifeline to 200,000 Virginians who either have lost their health insurance coverage or are struggling to keep it.
- HAWES SPENCER The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
A three-judge panel in Charlottesville decided Monday that the individual lawsuits against Virginia's new assault weapons ban will not be combined into a single case.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
As Virginians raced to buy firearms before the state's assault weapons ban took effect, they drove firearm background checks to the highest monthly number ever recorded in the commonwealth.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
The General Assembly voted on Monday to accept the 1,250-acre Loudoun County estate of President James Monroe as a state park, ending a long preservation effort.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
U.S. attorneys argue the firearms that fall under the ban — like AR-15s — are among the most commonly owned rifles in the United States and are protected under the Second Amendment.
- BILL WYATT Martinsville Bulletin
Virginia enacts new pay transparency laws requiring employers to list wages in job postings and bans asking about salary history. Noncompete rules change, limiting enforcement for involuntarily terminated employees unless severance is paid. Protections also extend to some healthcare professionals.
Menhaden, the fish that has been the focus of years of political squabbling, got a starring role as the General Assembly took its last, largely technical steps to give Virginia a new, if much-delayed, state budget.
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Sen. Richard Stuart discusses the budget bill, House Bill 30, on the floor of the Senate on Monday, June 22, 2026.
Sen. Louise Lucas discusses the budget bill, House Bill 30, on the floor of the Senate on Monday, June 22, 2026.
After months of impasse, and firm lines drawn in sand, a much-delayed state budget agreement sailed through the General Assembly with a compromise on data center taxation suggested months ago by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
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The long and hard fight over a new state budget is proving its worth by extending a lifeline to 200,000 Virginians who either have lost their health insurance coverage or are struggling to keep it.
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The long and hard fight over a new state budget is proving its worth by extending a lifeline to 200,000 Virginians who either have lost their health insurance coverage or are struggling to keep it.
A three-judge panel in Charlottesville decided Monday that the individual lawsuits against Virginia's new assault weapons ban will not be combined into a single case.
As Virginians raced to buy firearms before the state's assault weapons ban took effect, they drove firearm background checks to the highest monthly number ever recorded in the commonwealth.