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Governor Ralph Northam, 73rd Governor of Virginia

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that his proposed two-year state budget will include the largest dollar investment in public safety in Virginia history.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management has announced the award of more than $2.6 million in grant funding for the EMPG program

Northam announces appointments to three cannabis oversight boards Published Monday, Jul. 19, 2021, 7:43 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© isavira – stock.adobe.com) Gov. Ralph Northam today announced appointments to the three newly-created boards responsible for overseeing the legalization of recreational marijuana in the Commonwealth. This spring, Virginia became the first Southern state to pass adult-use cannabis legislati...

Virginia's model corrections system Brian J. Moran, The Washington Post July 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Correctional systems are often targets of criticism and skepticism based on the nature of their work. But Virginia has maintained the lowest recidivism rate in the country for two years in a row because of the Virginia Department of Corrections' world-renowned and nationally recognized correctional practices and offender reentry programs. In 2011, under the leadership of Director Harold W. Clarke, the Virginia Department of Corrections initiated a multiyear transformation and has since u...