The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday sided with a Virginia woman whose leashed dog was shot and killed by a police officer, finding his actions were unreasonable because the dog did not pose a threat.
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Virginia Democrats on Wednesday advanced bills that would get rid of abortion restrictions like the requirement that ultrasounds be performed prior to the procedure, the first step in their effort to undo so-called TRAP laws.
Read moreA hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands of gun enthusiasts from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation — a move that has become a flash point in the national debate over gun violence.
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Virginia’s capital city is bracing for the expected arrival of thousands of gun-rights activists and other groups that have vowed to descend on Richmond to protest Democrats’ plans to pass gun-control legislation.
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Siding with the governor, the Virginia Supreme Court refused to overturn a complete ban on all weapons on the Virginia Capitol grounds ahead of a pro-gun rally to be held there Monday.
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While Virginia state courts were closed Friday in honor of Lee-Jackson Day, an alumni group filed a federal lawsuit challenging the removal of one of those Confederate generals from their high school’s name.
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Gun rights activists failed Thursday in their bid to overturn Governor Ralph Northam’s ban on all types of weapons on Virginia Capitol grounds at a pro-gun rally next week.
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Virginia on Wednesday moved to the brink of becoming the crucial 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in what was seen as a momentous victory for the women’s rights movement even though it is far from certain the measure will ever be added to the U.S. Constitution.
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Virginia became the 38th state Wednesday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a constitutional change nearly a century in the making that would make it illegal to deny equal rights based on sex.
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Even with guns rights activists lined up by the hundreds outside a state Senate committee door, Virginia Democrats voted Monday to advance a number of controversial firearm restrictions.
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Virginia’s Republican lawmakers and their legislative efforts are facing new hurdles with Democrats in control of both chambers for the first time in decades.
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Virginians have few options when it comes to how they power their homes. But with Democrats now in full control of the state government, a more open market could be on the horizon.
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With Virginia expected to further a constitutional change nearly a century in the making, three proponents of the Equal Rights Amendment brought a federal complaint to ensure that the nation’s archivist properly records the event.
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Citing possible health risks and a lack of oversight by a Virginia regulatory agency, the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday vacated the permit authorizing a compressor station for a natural gas pipeline that has faced numerous setbacks in the same court.
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In a win for civil rights activists fighting to roll back a more than 100-year-old law that has blocked the removal of Confederate monuments across Virginia, Richmond’s City Council passed a resolution Monday to petition the state’s legislature to empower cities to do as they wish with the controversial war memorials.
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With two friendly state legislative chambers set to convene next week, Virginia’s Democratic attorney general reintroduced a handful of bills Friday aimed at stopping the rising tide of hate-fueled violence.
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Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment are so confident Virginia is on the verge of becoming the critical 38th state to ratify the gender equality measure they are already making plans for how they will celebrate.
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New polls from two southern states show former Vice President Joe Biden beating President Donald Trump if the 2020 election was held today.
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Virginia legislators and civil rights groups are once again working to raise the threshold for grand larceny, two years after its first increase in nearly 40 years.
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