Palestinians want April vote on UN membership despite US saying peace with Israel must come first
The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating that Israel and the Palestinians must first negotiate a peace agreement.
US spearheads first UN resolution on artificial intelligence -- aimed at ensuring world has access
The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring the new technology is โsafe, secure and trustworthyโ and that all countries, especially those in the developing world, have equal access.
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.
Ousted incumbents, key matchups set: Takeaways from Virginia's primary election
A historic number of state lawmakers were ousted in this weekโs Virginia primary, which featured about four dozen legislative races that set the partiesโ slate of candidates for what will be a hard-fought general election.
N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings
In massive victories for Republicans, North Carolinaโs newly GOP-controlled state Supreme Court has thrown out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had struck down as racially biased.
Lawmakers pass energy bill, โskinnyโ budget as session ends
The politically divided Virginia General Assembly worked through dozens of pieces of legislation, including a major energy bill and stop-gap budget bill, on Saturday as lawmakers reached the end of their regularly scheduled session without a deal on the entire state spending plan.
State Superintendent encourages families to apply for free meals
Virginia is expanding eligibility for free meals during the 2022-2023 school year through funding provided by the General Assembly in the state budget. Students with families at or below 185% of the federal poverty level are eligible for free meals. Previously, students from families with an income at or below 130% of the poverty level were eligible for free meals.
Local lawmakers react to Gov. Glenn Youngkinโs push to ban abortions after 15 weeks
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has tapped four Republican lawmakers to draft new legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy: Senator Siobhan Dunnavant, Delegate Margaret Ransone, plus local lawmakers Delegate Kathy Byron and Senator Steve Newman.
Tunnel contractor pokes through Virginia Capitol ceiling
- A contractor working on a $25 million tunnel that will connect Virginia's Capitol to a nearby legislative office building "inadvertently" poked through the ceiling of a subterranean Capitol extension earlier this year, causing debris to fall into the visitors center cafe, a state official said.