Editor’s Note: This story includes remarks from a national webinar hosted by the Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA) on Friday, November 8, 2025, before Senator Mitch McConnell’s hemp amendment was inserted into the government funding package over the...
As the debate over gun control rages on, Senator Tim Kaine held a roundtable on gun violence with concerned parents today in downtown Richmond. The roundtable, sponsored by Moms Demand Action, consisted of about 35 people who spoke with Kaine at length about their various concerns over gun violence. While the issues were varied, most of the...
RICHMOND – After a committee endorsed the proposal on a party-line vote, the House of Delegates is considering legislation to allow people to bring guns and knives into a place of worship in Virginia. Delegates are scheduled to vote this week on House Bill 1180, which would repeal the state’s ban against carrying weapons into a...
In a unanimous vote Monday, the Virginia Senate passed a bill that will expand the use of medical marijuana in the state. Just days after the House passed companion bill HB 1251, the Senate voted 40-0 to pass SB 726, or the "doctor's decide" bill, which if approved by Gov. Ralph Northam, will allow Virginia doctors to recommend cannabidiol (CBD)...
RICHMOND – On a 9-5 bipartisan vote, a Senate committee Thursday endorsed a bill specifying when an animal can be tethered outside. The bill, SB 872, is the companion to HB 646, which was killed in a House subcommittee Monday. The Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources Committee voted in favor of SB 872, sending it to the full...
How is marijuana still an issue in 2018? Oh wait, because Virginia. Unlike, San Francisco and other localities all through the US who are decriminalizing marijuana, Virginia just killed a bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana in committee. Earlier this week, nine Republicans who sit on the Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted...
Attorney General Mark Herring has joined with attorneys general from eleven other states in calling for a ban on offshore drilling. In a letter addressed to Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, the lawmakers expressed "opposition" to the Department of Interior's 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed...
Senate Republicans have just killed a bill in the Courts of Justice Committee that would have criminalized the presence of paramilitary groups, like those seen during the tragic Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville last August. For those who were on the ground, the presence of heavily armed men and women wearing tactical gear, body armor, and...
Sunday night, the Democratic Committee for the 7th District House of Representatives seat decided to hold a primary to choose the nominee to compete against the Incumbent Republican Dave Brat in the November election. The first vote taken by the Committee ended in a 10-10 tie – the second vote, which was taken without public discussion, or...
“This is a real threat. We’re continuing to see a rise in white supremacists, neo-nazi violence, we’re also seeing a rise in hate crimes,” said Attorney General Mark Herring when asked about Virginia’s new domestic terrorism bill, filed by Delegate Marcia Price (D-Newport News). “A lot of communities are deeply concerned and what happened in...
