After half a decade of planning, proposals and vetoes, a retail cannabis market in Virginia now seems to be on the horizon.

Gov. Spanberger’s office announced Wednesday that she had signed a package of bipartisan legislation Wednesday focused on lowering childcare costs for parents, strengthening early childhood education and empowering small businesses to better recruit and retain talented employees.

Lots of bills are on Governor Abigail Spanberger’s desk — including one dealing with marijuana. The proposal would create an adult-use cannabis retail market by January 2027. In the bill, lawmakers adopted a flat tax rate of 6% and are allowing localities to adopt a tax rate between 1 and 3.5 percent. 40 percent of that revenue goes towards early childhood and education.

The Virginia General Assembly will be busy on Wednesday, working to sort through hundreds of bills for which Governor Glenn Youngkin has proposed amendments.

A Virginia legislative primary season marked by hard-fought campaigns in both parties will come to a close Tuesday.

A handful of Virginia incumbents prevailed over challengers in a closely watched primary election.

One of Virginia's most closely watched nomination contests this election year features a rarity in today's politics: a self-described “pro-life” Democrat.

RICHMOND, Va. – For many, the global coronavirus pandemic is the worst health crisis in a generation. Our latest story questions whether racism should be declared a public health crisis. “When we accept it as a public health issue, we start putting research money behind it. Aird introduced a resolution that would formally acknowledge racism as a public health crisis in the Commonwealth. “We talked about that very issue that racism is a health crisis issue.