Democrats used their new trifecta to push a wide-ranging agenda on affordability, civil rights and gun policy, while a late dispute over data center tax breaks left lawmakers without a final budget deal
Voters will decide Tuesday whether to allow new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections after months of legal and political fights. Here’s what to know.
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Accessory dwelling units — which could be a tiny house on another home’s lot, a garage-turned-apartment, a carriage house, or an ‘in-law suite’ — will be easier to build beginning next year, following Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s signature of a new law this week. Amid a shortage of housing supply and
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Governor’s actions clarify assault weapons ban, restore background checks on private sales, set new storage standards and expand restrictions on where firearms can be carried
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While Gov. Abigail Spanberger never signaled she would sign the proposed Prescription Drug Affordability Board, the bills’ patrons Del. Karrie Delaney, D-Fairfax, and Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, had communicated with her during this year’s legislative session as they workshopped their proposal in hopes to get her approval. Should they
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