Politics

An animal lover, Stanley has introduced at least one piece of legislation to support animal welfare during each session since he joined the General Assembly as a senator in 2011. 

Speaker Don Scott formed an emergency committee tasked with studying the possible fallout of significant federal funding and staff cuts after the first three whirlwind weeks of the second Trump Administration.

Virginia had the fifth highest amount of book bans in the country last school year, with approximately 121 bans across five school districts, according to a report by PEN America. 

The legislation, which was requested by Bristol officials contending with the burned-out Virginia Intermont campus, will help “fight the blight,” the city manager said.

Evelyn Powers, the former longtime city treasurer, will serve the remaining two years of Joe Cobb’s term, who was elected mayor in November.

Citing “ever increasing bills,” three state senators from Southwest and Southside asked regulators whether Virginia can end the utility’s monopoly.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko opposed a measure patroned by a fellow Democrat that would have allowed for a casino to be built at Tyson’s Corner.

The bill aims to tackle secondary screenings like MRIs, ultrasounds and more detailed types of screenings for abnormal mammograms.

A special fund would have been created for the program, according to the bill.

The 11 legislators will work out differences between the House and Senate versions of the state budget.