Politics

Personal possession of marijuana is already legal, but buying and selling it isn’t. Democrats are pushing to change that but Gov. Glenn Youngkin remains cool to the idea.

Del. Ellen Campbell, R-Rockbridge County, had proposed minors’ access to social media apps be restricted when they should be sleeping.

A Senate committee also rejected a measure that would expand concealed handgun permits to cover other types of weapons.

Hundreds of thousands of utility poles must be added or replaced as part of the state’s broadband expansion. ISPs and electric utilities have disagreed about who should have to pay.

The Republican congressman faces a primary challenge from state Sen. John McGuire, who accuses him of being a “never-Trumper.”

Griffin argued that rural and urban Virginia have “different cultures” and that rural areas “should be able to live the way we want to live.”

State legislation has been proposed to meet a federal deadline for broadband deployment on utility poles. But opponents say it puts an unfair onus on small power providers.

Virginia made history in 2021 when it became the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty. Democrats controlled both the legislative and executive branches at the time.

Trump campaign manager puts the congressman on notice over DeSantis endorsement: “Bob Good won’t be electable when we get done with him.”

However, Sen. Suetterlein’s measure to close a loophole in Virginia’s “sore loser” law passed with bipartisan support.