
Morgan Griffith: Retrocession, not statehood, for D.C.
The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on statehood for the District of Columbia.

The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on statehood for the District of Columbia.

Attorney General Mark Herring announced Tuesday that he has hired three former capital/public defenders as part of his efforts to expand his new Conviction Integrity Unit.

A coalition of 19 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Thursday supporting a group of Tennessee abortion providers.

The U.S. government — and that includes the current administration — is spending money it doesn’t have on programs it can’t afford, and “we the taxpayers” are the ones who will be forced to foot the bill for the government’s fiscal insanity.

The 1971 rewriting of the Virginia Constitution reversed a century-old practice of disenfranchising Black voters.

Virginia made history last week: the governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam signed the bill that made Virginia the first state in the south and the 23rd state in the nation to end the death penalty.

Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation that provides protections against voter suppression, discrimination and intimidation.

State Sen. Jennifer McClellan today received the endorsement of civil rights leader Clarence Dunnaville in her bid for the Democratic Party nomination for governor.

The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending March 26.

Gov. Ralph Northam today signed legislation abolishing the death penalty, making Virginia the 23rd state, and the first in South, to stop executions.
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