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When Dr. Seuss wrote his book The Lorax, a story about a creature who works to save trees from the destruction of a businessman known as the Once-ler, he probably
RICHMOND — Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Virginia Mercury takes a look at a few of…
The General Assembly is cracking down vaping, with bills imposing stiff penalties for underage sales and a registry system aimed at barring sales of e-cigarettes that are avoiding U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight.
Democratic control in the House of Delegates shifted party bill passing rates with Republicans over the last year, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. Of the 1,540 bills introduced
The struggles of Virginians with mental health challenges are uniting Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin in a commitment to fix the state’s overwhelmed behavioral