Abigail Spanberger left the U.S. House for good, she strolled onto the floor of a different political chamber: the Virginia ...

More than 1,000 bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look ...

The Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday passed a bill aimed at increasing transparency in the data center siting process.

Ian Masters, a Gerrardstown lawyer and president of the West Virginia Citizens Defense League, was appointed Thursday to take over the vacated seat of Joseph de Soto representing the southern part of ...

Democrats who control the Virginia Senate rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments in a move the governor ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Democrat-led Senate on Tuesday passed constitutional amendments on abortion and voting rights ...

One of two seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates chamber awaits the name placard for newly appointed 91st District Republican Ian Masters as the Supreme Court of Appeals weighs a request ...

The House of Delegates seat that should have gone to Joseph de Soto has now been filled. West Virginia Governor Patrick ...

Former state Del. Elizabeth Guzman is hoping to reclaim a place in Virginia's House of Delegates. Guzman, a Democrat, ...

Not counting this seat, the West Virginia House of Delegates has 90 Republicans and nine Democrats. The state Democratic Party filed earlier this month for clarification by the state Supreme Court.

Adam Ebbin, the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the legislature. The Democratic-led Virginia House of Delegates passed similar legislation on all three issues earlier this month. SEE ALSO ...

Now, a year after Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, made history as Virginia’s first Black speaker of the House of Delegates, he organized a look back at what those Virginians accomplished ...