
Virginia passes Equal Rights Amendment: Setting up constitutional fight
The Virginia General Assembly voted Wednesday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming the 38th state to do so.

The Virginia General Assembly voted Wednesday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming the 38th state to do so.

The Trump administration is saying today that the effort initiated in the 1970s to pass the Equal Rights Amendment has timed out.

Twenty years into the 21st century, and what do we have to show for it?

House Speaker-designee Eileen Filler-Corn has announced additional appointments to her office staff.

Attorney General Mark Herring has put the legal kibosh on local Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions.

A $733 million budget proposal from Gov. Ralph Northam would create an Office of Offshore Wind, support ongoing efforts to clean the Chesapeake Bay and significantly boost the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation grant program.

Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith feels his comments on gun-control legislation expected to come out of Richmond have been misconstrued.

Gov. Ralph Northam is committing to repealing racially discriminatory language in the Virginia code, which, yeah, it’s hard to report on that without mentioning the blackface scandal.

While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts.

Gov. Ralph Northam this week highlighted his administration’s progress in enhancing the quality, availability, and affordability of housing in the Commonwealth.
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