Virginia governor signs 64 bills into law, vetoes 8 others as legislative session winds down
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin took final action late Friday on 84 pieces of legislation, signing 64 bills into law and vetoing eight others, including legislation that would add more restrictions on firearm transfers.
Virginia budget bill leaves out governor's $2 billion deal to lure NBA and NHL teams from Washington
Work on compromise budget legislation Virginia lawmakers will take up later this week is complete, and the bill does not include language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBAโs Washington Wizards and NHLโs Washington Capitals to Alexandria.
Unions oppose plan to move NBA, NHL teams to northern Virginia, another blow to Youngkin-backed deal
Influential labor groups now say they are opposing efforts to move two professional sports franchises from the nationโs capital to northern Virginia, partially due to the apparent inability to reach a satisfactory deal for union workers on the construction projects.
Virginia's Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the pandemic
There's consensus in Virginia that the mental health care system is in need of reform, due to what Gov. Glenn Youngkinโs administration says is an overreliance on hospitalization at a time of growing need.
Gov. Youngkin wants to cut income taxes and raise the sales tax in proposed Virginia budget
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed a new state budget Wednesday that would lower income taxes and raise the stateโs sales tax in an effort to stabilize revenues and allow Virginians โto keep more of their hard-earned money.โ
Youngkin expresses disappointment in legislative wins by Virginia Democrats, pledges bipartisanship
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has expressed disappointment with election results that allowed Democrats to take control of both the Virginia House and Senate, but pledged to work with the party's new legislative majority on bipartisan priorities.
Republican leads over Democrat whose House of Delegates race became embroiled in sex scandal
Republican David Owen held a narrow lead over Democrat Susanna Gibson in a Virginia House of Delegates race that drew attention after revelations that Gibson engaged in sex acts with her husband on a pornographic website, but the margin left the race too early to call.
A potential presidential run for Glenn Youngkin would face logistical hurdles and voter skepticism
Speculation that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin might jump in the race for president has long swirled and could be set to further escalate, depending on the outcome of next month's legislative elections in the state.
Youngkin administration says unknown number of eligible voters were wrongly removed from rolls
Gov. Glenn Youngkinโs administration acknowledged this week, with early voting underway, that it is working to fix an error that caused an unknown number of eligible Virginians to be removed from the voter rolls.
Family of man who died while being admitted to psychiatric hospital agrees to $8.5M settlement
The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia pscyhiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state, county and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining the man.