After sending messages for months that he had no interest in moving forward with Democratic-led plans to legalize retail marijuana sales in Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has now formally vetoed legal sales legislation sent to him by lawmakers about a month ago along with a separate bill to provide resentencing relief for people convicted […]
RICHMOND — Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In the return of this weekly series, the Virginia Mercury takes a look at a…
Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In the return of this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few of lawmakers’ 2024 proposals
Virginia lawmakers begin a new General Assembly session Wednesday, and there is a new dynamic at work. Democrats now control both houses, and more than a third of the delegates and state senators are serving for the first time. What seems clear is that with the Democratic-controlled legislature facing off with a Republican governor, Democrats
EASTON — Easton High School senior William O’Donnell has been chosen to represent Talbot County in the Maryland General Assembly Student Page Program for the 2024 Legislative Session.