Elizabeth Beyer

The constitutional amendment to redraw Virginia’s congressional maps passed Virginia’s House of Delegates on Wednesday. Next stop: the state Senate.

Three Republicans filed a complaint and request for an emergency injunction in the Tazewell County Circuit Court to halt the General Assembly Democrat’s effort to redraw Virginia’s congressional maps.

The Democratic-controlled legislature aims to vote this week to set into motion a constitutional amendment that would allow for Virginia’s congressional map to be redrawn before the 2026 elections.

Attorney General Jason Miyares says 70 people died because offenders who should have been behind bars were out killing Virginians. Data from the Office of Attorney General and Department of Corrections refutes that claim, after a Cardinal News investigation.

Virginia’s General Assembly kicked off a special session aimed at redistricting the state’s Congressional maps on Monday, as roughly a dozen states across the country also take up their own redistricting measures.

The two candidates for attorney general also answered questions on crime, civil rights, utility rates and higher education. But nearly every response came with an attack on the other candidate.

Earle-Sears spent most of the debate interrupting her opponent and redirected her answers to questions posed by moderators to ask Spanberger questions of her own. 

Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, said “as a Republican officeholder, I have long held to the belief that it is not my place to tell the Democratic Party what candidates they should nominate or ask to step aside.”

Jay Jones was pulled over for driving 116 mph in a 70 mph zone. His attorney cut a deal to allow him to do 1,000 hours of community service, but it’s unclear how any of those hours were spent.

Some observers say heightened political polarization within traditionally nonpartisan school board elections is to blame for the lack of candidates.