RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers will vote on a House bill to extend minimum wage requirements to farm workers in the state, an effort that has been vetoed twice since 2024. Del. Adele McClure, D-Arlington, ...

Proponents push for stricter regulations on fertilizer laced with “forever chemicals” as opponents say bill’s proposed standards would pose problems for agriculture, wastewater treatment industries.

The House Education Committee on Wednesday scrapped a proposal to place the Virginia Military Institute under Virginia State ...

From renter protections to boosting housing stock, proposals that clear one chamber must clear the other in the back half of ...

The bill would have mandated that abortion patients receive written information about “safe haven provisions” — boxes that ...

Virginia's largest utility, state regulators and lawmakers say the measure would immediately drop residential bills by about ...

"At first, I was surprised,” Edith Younger Edmunds said in a phone interview with The Mercury on Monday. “But now, I realized ...

Democratic state lawmakers are trying to adjust the process for how people are appointed to public university governing ...

Everybody seems to have ideas for how Virginia can generate more energy, use it better, or make the grid (and our utilities) operate more efficiently — and a remarkable number of these ideas are ...

Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed bills to set a referendum for four constitutional amendments  — some of which have been years ...

After weeks of buildup and a missed self-imposed Jan. 30 deadline, Virginia Democrats on Thursday evening finally released ...

Gov. Abigail Spanberger made affordability the centerpiece of her 2026 agenda, promising relief for Virginians strained by high housing costs, rising energy bills and everyday expenses. But less than ...