
Virginia Senate backs ERA: Commonwealth becomes 38th state to ratify
The Virginia Senate voted Monday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, pushing the constitutional question to Washington.

The Virginia Senate voted Monday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, pushing the constitutional question to Washington.

The Supreme Court of Virginia refused late Friday to take up the appeal of a lower-court ruling upholding Gov. Ralph Northam’s declaration of a state of emergency in advance of expected militant demonstrations at the State Capitol on Monday.

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.
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.