The Virginia Supreme Court voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s US House map in an April referendum, a devastating blow to the Democratic Party’s efforts in the national redistricting battle launched by President Donald Trump ahead of this fall’s midterms.

The 4-to-3 ruling was a huge blow to Democrats’ efforts to keep up with Republicans in a nationwide redistricting battle. It came just 17 days after Virginia voters passed the referendum, which could have paved the way for Democrats to flip up to four Republican-held seats in the state in November.

Legislation carried by Sen. Creigh Deeds and Del. Karrie Delaney would expand federally negotiated drug price limits beyond Medicare to other insurance plans in Virginia RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers legislation aimed at lowering prescription drug costs in ...

Democrats are poised to maintain control of the Virginia House of Delegates and expand their slim one-seat majority, a rebuke of the Trump administration as control of state-level legislative bodies increasingly signals whether states will follow the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Both the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate are unveiling their proposed budgets for the two years that begin on July 1, 2026. The House proposal includes a 2% pay raise in each of the next two years for teachers and state ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's Speaker of the House of Delegates is calling lawmakers back to Richmond to redraw the state's Congressional districts. Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) sent a letter to lawmakers of both parties Thursday afternoon, saying they ...

Virginia House Democrats wasted little time flexing their new majority on the opening day of the 2026 General Assembly, pushing through four proposed constitutional amendments Wednesday aimed at reshaping some of the state’s most consequential political ...