From the Archives: The Virginia state Capitol building
A look back at the Virginia State Capitol building in the 60s and 70s.
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01-29-1970 (cutline): Capitol is focus for women lobbyists' work during session.
01-23-1973 (cutline): Maybe a last look--legislative page David King, 13, looks at model of the State Capitol by Thomas Jefferson which soon may be removed from the building.
02-06-1962 (cutline): Byrd (left) and Del. Pollard view model of Capitol at Commitees' session yesterday.
03-13-1972: Inside of Capitol.
01-13-1962 (cutline): Virginia's Capitol early today, all ready for the Harrison inaguration ceremony.
02-21-1968 (cutline): Sign proclaims 'Fire Lane' along north side of Capitol. Parked cars are almost bumper-to-bumper, but Fire Chief is tolerant.
03-20-1964: Easter Sunrise service at the Virginia State Capitol
03-12-1974:In March 1974 at the state Capitol, Virginia first lady Katherine Godwin  (second front right) unveiled a painting of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The work, by Jack Clifton of Hampton (front), was presented by the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution; it commissioned the painting in cooperation with the Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission. Assisting Godwin with the unveiling were state Sen. Edward E. Willey Sr. of Richmond and DAR official Mrs. John S. Biscoe.
A ninth state senator, John Cosgrove, R-Chesapeake, has decided not to seek reelection, setting the stage for a turnover of at least 25% in the upper chamber of the General Assembly.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed five bills that he could not persuade the General Assembly to amend last month and signed a dozen others, including legislation to block children’s access to pornographic websites and allow Dominion Energy to recover the costs of its massive offshore wind farm.
In Virginia, the legislature pushed body-worn camera reform in the wake of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The legislation was welcomed, with critics and supporters of the police both saying transparency was needed around controversial police-civilian interactions.
Here's what it means for tax relief, pay raises, school funding, mental health and the environment.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is very much on the ballot Tuesday even though his name isn't.
State health leaders say they have gotten to the bottom of the Office of EMS's financial crisis, in which money was improperly used for years. Law enforcement agencies are investigating.Â
With the Rivanna Pump Station still flooded, officials don't know what went wrong.
An office that has misspent $33 million stopped making on-time payments to VCU Health five years ago. But no one in charge seemed to notice.Â
The seat of state government is becoming a battleground in a turf war between the General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin, with control of state agencies and buildings at stake.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin also signed 36 more bills, including one to permanently authorize sales of cocktails-to-go. That pandemic-era permission was to expire July 1.
The state's Republican governor and Democratic controlled legislature face credibility questions after the highly public collapse of a proposed $2 billion sports and entertainment district to lure two pro teams.
The Attorney General's Office asked the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance about its support of "second look" legislation to let some inmates petition for reduced sentences.
Petersburg is getting a green light to pursue a casino, after Gov. Glenn Youngkin amended legislation authorizing the move.
Topsøe detailed plans for the plant, which will employ 150, at a news conference at its Denmark headquarters with Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who was in the country this week.
Jeff Goettman, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's departing chief of staff, was nearly invisible to the public but was very visible to Virginia's public agencies.
The General Assembly eliminated budget language that nullified 2020 legislation allowing some inmates a faster track to earn credit for reduced sentences.Â
General Assembly budget leaders were poised on Tuesday to end a six-month political stalemate and agree on revisions to the $165 billion two-year budget the legislature adopted 14 months ago.
Here is a look at some of the bills to watch in the 2024 General Assembly session that starts Jan. 10.
Could the wooing of yet another industrial prospect to a rural Virginia site that Gov. Glenn Youngkin closed to a company in a fit of sinophobia represent early maneuvering for the U.S. Senate in 2026?
The Senate’s health subcommittee heard written testimony from Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, who was diagnosed last year with supranuclear palsy, a terminal disease.
The Senate’s health subcommittee heard written testimony from Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, who was diagnosed last year with supranuclear palsy, a terminal disease.
The Senate’s health subcommittee heard written testimony from Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, who was diagnosed last year with supranuclear palsy, a terminal disease.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to toughen state oversight of the games - boosting taxes they pay, dramatically raising the licensing fees and granting cities and counties authority to ban the machines.
President-elect Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for wind energy or his desire to claw back federal funding the Biden administration allocated through the Inflation Reduction Act to boost green technology.
Virginia remains more than $200 million ahead of its forecast for tax revenues with two months left in the fiscal year, but policymakers remain concerned about federal spending and tariffs
Virginia remains more than $200 million ahead of its forecast for tax revenues with two months left in the fiscal year, but policymakers remain concerned about federal spending and tariffs
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is further boosting Virginia Democrats' bid to increase their margin in the House of Delegates and win the race for lieutenant governor.
Grace Creasey resigned from her role on the Virginia Board of Education after serving nearly four years under Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Grace Creasey resigned from her role on the Virginia Board of Education after serving nearly four years under Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Federal largesse drives Virginia's economy and, by extension, its politics. A federal government shutdown could drive both into a ditch.
Ex-jock Glenn Youngkin is suiting up to sell legislators on a pro hockey and basketball arena in Alexandria but the governor could be dressed down in Richmond over his pricey use of private consultants to remake the Virginia bureaucracy.
The debate over alleged antisemitism at the Thomas Jefferson-founded University of Virginia is dividing, among others, Jews.
