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The Virginia Capitol is viewed on March 4, 2010, in Richmond, Va. Virginia lawmakers plowed through hundreds of bills Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, as they approached a key deadline for this year's legislative session. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Lawmakers take up ‘skill games,’ minimum wage, marijuana as Assembly nears midpoint deadline

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Wizards NBA basketball team and Washington Capitals NHL hockey team, speaks during an event with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, seated left, to announce plans for a new sports stadium for the teams, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Alexandria, Va. A leading Democratic Virginia legislator says proposed legislation to help pave the way for the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals to relocate to northern Virginia is dead. Sen. L. Louise Lucas holds great sway in the General Assembly as chair of the Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee. She told reporters Monday morning, Feb. 12, 2024, that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin had made a series of mistakes in trying to advance the deal through a General Assembly now in full Democratic control after November's elections. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Virginia lawmaker says arena deal for Capitals, Wizards is dead

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at a news conference on Nov. 8, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Youngkin had made clear his expectations for last week's closely watched legislative elections were a GOP majority in the House and Senate. Instead, Democrats have taken both. (AP Photo/Jay Paul, File)

How Virginia Gov. Youngkin can avoid lame-duck status

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Former Virginia State Delegate Lashrecse Aird, right, talks with a voter as she visits a polling precinct Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Surry, Va. Aird is running against Virginia State Sen. Joe Morrissey in a Democratic primary for a newly redrawn Senate district. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Former state legislator defeats incumbent senator in Virginia race centered on abortion rights

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Intermediate court system wins approval in WVa legislature

Associated Press

Bill to repeal spousal defense for sexual crimes advances

By KIMBERLY SEIF of Capital News Service - Associated Press

Virginia House of Delegates advances MARCUS alert bill

By ANDREW RINGLE of Capital News Service - Associated Press

West Virginia governor appoints Glasko-Tully to legislature

Associated Press

Forced Unionism Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How Big Labor and anti-right-to-work politicians are hurting Virginia

By Mark Mix

Illustration on Lee Boyd Malvo in 2002 and 2019 (The Washington Times)

Why D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo should never be eligible for parole

By Chuck Slemp

In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, Gov. Ralph Northam, center, arrives to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address during a joint session of the Virginia Legislature in the House chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. On Thursday, Jan. 10, a federal judicial panel is reviewing proposals to redraw some state House districts that it determined were racially gerrymandered. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Nick Bell, GOP challenger to Vivian Watts, puts abortion at center of 2020 Virginia House race

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Washington where the court will hear arguments on a gerrymandering case. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court upholds new Virginia legislative maps

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch laid to rest

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

FILE - In a Jan. 3, 2019 file photo, Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch, a Democrat, stands in the House of Delegates in Annapolis. Busch died Sunday, April 7, 2019 surrounded by loved ones, according to Alexandra Hughes, the speaker’s chief of staff. He was 72. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

The Latest: General Assembly ends with tribute to speaker

Associated Press

Senate, House weigh bills changing Board of Regents makeup

By DANIEL OYEFUSI - Associated Press

College students ace election tests, prepare to take office

By PAT HANNA - Associated Press

Jenkins, Armstead among candidates for Supreme Court

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOHN RABY - Associated Press

Sen. Joe Manchin III is the only choice for liberals in the Mountain State despite some of the Democrat’s conservative votes. (Associated Press photo)

Joe Manchin wins West Virginia liberal support despite Kavanaugh vote

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Justice Menis Ketchum poses in his robe in the court chambers in Charleston, W. Va. Ketchum is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Charleston, W.Va., for a plea hearing on a charge related to his personal use of a state vehicle and gas fuel card. (Bob Wojcieszak /The Daily Mail via AP, File)

Ex-West Virginia Supreme Court justice pleads guilty

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2012, file photo, shows West Virginia Supreme Court Republican candidate Allen Loughry. The West Virginia House of Delegates is taking the step of considering impeachment articles against all four remaining state Supreme Court justices. The House plans to meet Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, to discuss 14 articles and make recommendations. If any of the articles are approved, a trial would be held in the state Senate. Suspended Justice Loughry, who was indicted in federal court in June, is named in eight impeachment articles. (Craig Cunningham/The Daily Mail via AP, File)

Lawmakers impeach all 4 W.Va. court justices over spending

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press