Energy storage bills among Youngkin’s vetoes

The legislation would have raised the targets for new energy storage in Virginia, which supporters said would send a message that the commonwealth wants such...

UVA School of Law: New Virginia Legislation Compensates Wrongfully Convicted Innocence Clinic Client

Gilbert Merritt III spent two decades in a jail cell for a murder he did not commit. Now, Virginia will provide compensation for the many...

Courthouse News: Virginia Democrats take aim at gun control vetoes during reconvene session

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Democrats in Virginia’s House of Delegates in a reconvene session Wednesday strategically selected 13 of 157 vetoes by Republican Governor Glenn...

Funding for rural EV charging stations clears legislature, heads to governor’s desk

In his fourth try, Del. Rip Sullivan found success with his Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund, which will receive $1.5 million to start...

Virginia lawmakers push more for energy storage

Supporters say energy storage facilities can help smooth out the highs and lows of electricity demand and could potentially reduce the need for new power...

Bill to monitor vehicle exhaust noise resurrected on General Assembly’s last day

A last-minute compromise in Richmond has kept alive one of the Fairfax County government’s key transportation initiatives of 2025. Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly approved...

We interrupt this legislative session for some good news

After two decades following Virginia’s General Assembly, I understand why people say the legislative process is like sausage-making, both being things it’s better not to...

As power demand surges, Va. lawmakers seem ready to add more energy storage to the grid

Virginia lawmakers want to more than triple the amount of energy storage capacity Virginia’s two public utility companies — Dominion and Appalachian Power (ApCo) —...

Lawmaker wants to make it easier for some exonerated people to get more money

Delegate Rip Sullivan wants to make it easier for wrongfully incarcerated people who were imprisoned due intentional acts by law enforcement to get the maximum...

Deliberate injustice: Virginia set to pay millions to three wrongfully convicted men

Prosecutors “purposefully manipulated evidence,” a lawmaker says. Now, the state is trying to make amends with a $5.4 million compensation plan. Marvin Grimm Jr. spent...