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Co-Responders Program Assists In Mental Health Crisis “Through the Co-Responders Program, Fairfax County has successfully redesigned how we best serve our r ...

With Republicans dominating Virginia’s House of Delegates, the governor and his allies hope to rollback laws and policies designed to address climate change – claiming measures passed under Governor Northam will prove expensive and unnecessary. To oppose that push, Democrats hosted a rally in Richmond. Sandy Hausman was there and filed this report.

Plans were in the works for the rally even before Friday’s announcement because of a draft opinion leaked in May that showed the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal Roe v. Wade on Friday, abortion providers in Virginia are preparing for an influx of patients from neighboring states where the procedure is now illegal.

Hundreds of protesters carrying signs that read “Thank God For Abortions” and “If I Wanted Politics in My Vagina I’d Fuck a Senator” gathered on...

Youngkin, who took part in last week's March for Life in Richmond, restated his position as pro-life and said the issue of abortion should be left up to the states to decide.

After a missed deadline, Virginia’s redistricting commission is hearing feedback this week on new political maps for the General Assembly. But the group still hasn’t come to any agreements, and both its backers and critics are losing patience. 

: : Two Virginia Capitol Police Officers stand on the steps of the state Capitol. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) Democrats in Virginia have called for setting aside some of the more than $4 billion in federal stimulus funds to give bonuses to law enforcement officers. Republicans are pressing them to move faster and go farther, citing an urgent need to raise morale in departments across the state. Some progressive groups, meanwhile, say the raises shouldn’t happen at a...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File When it comes to issues facing the gubernatorial Virginia election, abortion deserves to have more of a spotlight. Specifically, its the abortion extremism of Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Terry McAuliffe, and those who support his campaign, which needs to be addressed. McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2013-2017 has taken to bragging about his stance on abortion, specifically when it comes to being "a brick wall" on any regulations o...

Richmond is under a state of emergency after federal officials warned that the inauguration of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday could be preceded by armed protests in every state