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RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed five bills that he could not persuade the General Assembly to amend last month and signed a dozen others, including legislation to block children’s

Despite the developing climate crisis, bills designed to curb pollution and emissions find fierce opposition in the growing, moneyed lobbies that have sown deep roots in the Commonwealth

Legislators reviewed a limited number of gun-related bills during this year’s legislative session and most of them succumbed to partisan gridlock.

Legislators reviewed a limited number of gun-related bills during this year’s legislative session and most of them succumbed to partisan gridlock.

“The way the bill came out of conference, it doesn’t include all the animals who are involved in research and it doesn’t require them to present the information to the state, which was the whole point,” said Sen. Jennifer Boysko.

In a short session with 2,800 bills and resolutions, some measures dont reach the finish line.

Virginia is in an awkward position. Marijuana is legal thanks to action taken by Democrats when they were in control of the General Assembly and the Executive Mansion. But when they were in power, Democrats failed to create a retail market, and now that Republicans are in control of the House of Delegates, the effort is stalled.

“Virginia has been a leader in animal welfare,” said PETA representative Daphna Nachminovitch. “I think we all saw last year that animal protection in our state is a bipartisan issue.”

Legislation aimed at reducing toll prices on the Dulles Greenway in Northern Virginia died in a Senate committee last week over concerns about the private toll road operator’s debt and

“We need to make the punishment fit the crime,” said Del. Angelia Williams Graves, D-Norfolk, whose nearly identical bill was merged with that of Del. Wendell Walker, R-Lynchburg.